Purificação Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Purificação Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 132 | 1:78,926 | 3,983 |
| Brazil | 93 | 1:2,301,875 | 71,238 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Purificaçao (1), Purificacão (1) & Purificacao (2,174) are calculated separately.
Purificação (68) may also be a first name.
Purificação Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purificação Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purificação is found most frequently in Portugal. It can also occur as a variant: Purificaçao, Purificacão or Purificacao. Click here for further potential spellings of Purificação.
How Common Is The Last Name Purificação? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 950,707th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Purificação live; 48 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent live in Iberian Europe. Purificação is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 68 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 78,926. Excluding Portugal it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 34 percent reside and Angola, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purificaçao | 97 | 1 | / |
| Purificacão | 97 | 1 | / |
| Purificacao | 94 | 2,174 | / |
| Porificação | 91 | 1 | / |
| Purifiqacao | 82 | 7 | / |
| Purificacion | 78 | 3,522 | / |
| Purificasion | 78 | 36 | / |
| Purifiecacao | 78 | 1 | / |
| Purificaca | 76 | 1 | / |
| Purficacao | 76 | 1 | / |
| Purivicacao | 73 | 5 | / |
| Porificacao | 73 | 4 | / |
| Puruficacao | 73 | 3 | / |
| Purifecasion | 70 | 1 | / |
| Porficacao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purefecacion | 61 | 2 | / |
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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 Purificação
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