Purho Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Purho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 377 | 1:14,580 | 2,157 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
Purho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purho occurs most in Finland. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purho? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 746,827th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. Purho occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Purho live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most numerous in Finland, where it is carried by 377 people, or 1 in 14,580. In Finland it is most prevalent in: Kymenlaakso, where 47 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 25 percent reside and South Karelia, where 10 percent reside. Beside Finland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and Croatia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Purho
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