Purigay Surname
Approximately 543 people bear this surname
Purigay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 541 | 1:187,132 | 29,924 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Purigay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purigay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purigay is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purigay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 578,557th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,420,895 people. The surname Purigay occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Purigay live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
Purigay is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 541 people, or 1 in 187,132. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 49 percent live, Calabarzon, where 17 percent live and National Capital Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putrigay | 93 | 2 | / |
| Puriga | 92 | 43 | / |
| Puriega | 86 | 2 | / |
| Putriga | 86 | 2 | / |
| Purigha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Putregay | 80 | 16 | / |
| Porighay | 80 | 6 | / |
| Piriga | 77 | 60 | / |
| Purigi | 77 | 58 | / |
| Purige | 77 | 22 | / |
| Puryga | 77 | 19 | / |
| Poriga | 77 | 6 | / |
| Puruga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pirigy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puyrigaud | 75 | 97 | / |
| Puirigaud | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pirigyi | 71 | 287 | / |
| Phiriga | 71 | 164 | / |
| Porriga | 71 | 25 | / |
| Pirigau | 71 | 23 | / |
| Pieriga | 71 | 13 | / |
| Purugai | 71 | 5 | / |
| Purrega | 71 | 4 | / |
| Purugoy | 71 | 3 | / |
| Purșega | 71 | 1 | / |
| Putregai | 67 | 150 | / |
| Putregaj | 67 | 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 Purigay
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