Purificación Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Purificación Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
The alternate forms: Purificacion (3,522) are calculated separately.
Purificación (254) may also be a first name.
Purificación Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purificación Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purificación is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Purificacion. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Purificación? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Purificación reside; 75 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 75 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Purificación is also the 559,024th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 254 people.
It is most frequently held in Spain, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,194,671. In Spain Purificación is most prevalent in: Madrid, where 44 percent are found, Andalusia, where 11 percent are found and Castile and León, where 11 percent are found. Beside Spain this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Colombia, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purificacion | 97 | 3,522 | / |
| Purficacion | 87 | 1 | / |
| Purifcacion | 87 | 1 | / |
| Purificasion | 83 | 36 | / |
| Porificacion | 83 | 5 | / |
| Purifacacion | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pirificacion | 83 | 2 | / |
| Perificacion | 83 | 1 | / |
| Proficacion | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pruficacion | 78 | 1 | / |
| Purefecacion | 75 | 2 | / |
| Purifecasion | 75 | 1 | / |
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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 Purificación
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