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
Purho is found most frequently in Finland. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Purho.
How Common Is The Last Name Purho? popularity and diffusion
The surname Purho is the 746,827th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Purho reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most widespread in Finland, where it is carried by 377 people, or 1 in 14,580. In Finland Purho is most frequent in: Kymenlaakso, where 47 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 25 percent reside and South Karelia, where 10 percent reside. Besides Finland this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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