Purhooa Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Purhooa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 44 | 1:29,396 | 5,731 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
Purhooa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purhooa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purhooa occurs in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purhooa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Purhooa are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.
Purhooa is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 29,396. In Mauritius it is most numerous in: Rivière du Rempart District, where 100 percent live. Other than Mauritius it is found in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 6 percent live.
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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
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- 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
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