Purgy Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Purgy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 37 | 1:144,228 | 26,002 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pürgy (36) are calculated separately.
Purgy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purgy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purgy is more frequently found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Pürgy. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purgy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Purgy are found; 75 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 75 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 144,228. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Trnava Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Slovakia Purgy occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 19 percent live and Czechia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pürgy | 93 | 36 | / |
| Purguy | 91 | 101 | / |
| Purgay | 91 | 75 | / |
| Purgye | 91 | 8 | / |
| Purga | 80 | 350 | / |
| Purge | 80 | 243 | / |
| Purgi | 80 | 27 | / |
| Purgyova | 77 | 9 | / |
| Purengey | 77 | 4 | / |
| Purgyová | 77 | 3 | / |
| Purger | 73 | 662 | / |
| Purgaj | 73 | 328 | / |
| Purgui | 73 | 64 | / |
| Purgai | 73 | 63 | / |
| Purget | 73 | 38 | / |
| Purghe | 73 | 17 | / |
| Purgis | 73 | 5 | / |
| Purgit | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pourga | 73 | 4 | / |
| Porgoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porgey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porgay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purnge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purghè | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pirgoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purgha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purges | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pourghaya | 71 | 79 | / |
| Purt | 67 | 341 | / |
| Puringi | 67 | 168 | / |
| Purgett | 67 | 86 | / |
| Pourghi | 67 | 71 | / |
| Purgues | 67 | 58 | / |
| Purč | 67 | 40 | / |
| Pourger | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pourget | 67 | 12 | / |
| Purd | 67 | 10 | / |
| Purgess | 67 | 9 | / |
| Purgitt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pourgha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Purguer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piergey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourgit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourgis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourgeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purć | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purgich | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Purgy
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