Purificacao Surname

193,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Purificacao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purificacao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2,1181:101,0743,804
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Purificaçao (1), Purificacão (1) & Purificação (275) are calculated separately.

Purificacao (343) may also be a first name.

Purificacao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purificacao occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Purificaçao, Purificacão or Purificação. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purificacao? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 193,471st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,352,137 people. Purificacao is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Purificacao live; 97 percent live in South America and 97 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 471,283rd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 343 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 2,118 people, or 1 in 101,074. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Bahia, where 58 percent are found, São Paulo, where 16 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 5 percent are found. Not including Brazil Purificacao is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.

Purificacao Last Name Statistics demography

Purificacao earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.

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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 Purificacao
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