Puritan Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Puritan Surname Definition:

From Puriton; a location name in Somerset.

Puritan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales31:522,80514,314

Puritan (17) may also be a first name.

Puritan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Puriton; a location name in Somerset.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Puritan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puritan (Georgian: ფურიტან, Oriya: ପୁରିତନ, Russian: Пуритан) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puritan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Puritan live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 17 people.

The surname Puritan is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Puritan is primarily found in: Virginia, where 67 percent live and Massachusetts, where 33 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 17 percent live and Russia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Puritan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puritan in the Georgian language
ფურიტანpuritan-
Puritan in the Oriya language
ପୁରିତନpuritana-
Puritan in the Russian language
Пуританpuritan-

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