Purhit Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Purhit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Purhit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purhit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purhit (Marathi: पुरो़िहत) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Purhit click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purhit? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Purhit are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Purhit is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 25 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 13 percent reside and Delhi, where 13 percent reside. Not including India it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Purhit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purhit in the Marathi language | ||
| पुरो़िहत | puroihata | - |
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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 Purhit
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