Purial Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Purial Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purial Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea861:94,81112,690
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Purial (22) may also be a first name.

Purial Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Purial Come From? nationality or country of origin

Purial has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purial? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,007,164th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Purial live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Purial is also the 2,301,746th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 22 people.

The surname Purial is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 94,811. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 52 percent are found, Hela, where 27 percent are found and Enga, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pourial927/
Purijal921/
Puriol83128/
Pirial8315/
Porial8313/
Puryal831/
Pauriol7757/
Phuryal7720/
Porhial7714/
Pureall772/
Pirihal771/
Pirijal771/
Pouriol771/
Pouriaceld751/
Pourriol711/
Piryal67135/
Poriol67107/
Poryal6710/
Piriol675/
Pouriolle674/
Purjol671/
Pureol671/
Pirjol501,545/
Piryol5031/
Pierrehall501/

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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 Purial
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