Purite Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Latvia

Purite Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purite Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
Latvia121:170,83720,647
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

The alternate forms: Pūrīte (1) are calculated separately.

Purite (14) may also be a first name.

Purite Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purite occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Pūrīte. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purite? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Purite reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Purite is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Purite is most frequent in: Central, where 50 percent reside, National Capital District, where 46 percent reside and East Sepik, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 30 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puraite9255/
Putrite924/
Puritea920/
Purit9185/
Pūrīte891/
Pusrited861/
Pusrites861/
Purita831,205/
Purity831,107/
Phurit83252/
Puriti83192/
Puritt83140/
Purait83103/
Purate8357/
Purete8333/
Pirite8325/
Porite8324/
Purute8320/
Puroit8318/
Puirit8315/
Purhit839/
Purgit835/
Putrit835/
Puriet832/
Paurit831/
Purrit831/
Purist831/
Pourit831/
Pureit831/
Purreiter806/
Puroihate801/
Phusrites801/
Phutrit77729/
Poriete77195/
Purhita77175/
Pouriet77107/
Pierite77102/
Putrist7757/
Peuriot7740/
Puritis7727/
Purathe7726/
Puritay7719/
Puritta7714/
Paurate7711/
Purhoit7711/
Puristi7710/
Piritei7710/
Purgitt779/
Purrete779/
Puritti776/
Purehte776/
Puritty775/
Puritoy775/
Puraiti774/
Pourrit773/
Phurita773/
Purioty772/
Paurete771/
Pureitt771/
Purette771/
Puritha771/
Puroith771/
Puruitt771/
Pouriot771/
Purritt771/
Puraitė771/
Puretes771/
Purhait771/
Purrait771/
Pourgit771/
Poureit771/
Puriety771/
Puirity771/
Puttrit771/
Puritip771/
Puriett770/
Pourete770/
Phutrithet75251/
Phusrithet751/
Porit73246/
Puret73180/
Pured7321/
Purid734/
Puryt731/
Pourriot7195/
Phutrrit7175/
Pourette7166/
Puriyati7143/
Pourhiet7114/
Pauraitė718/
Puretech713/
Purishti713/
Puriyata712/
Purietoy711/
Pieraite711/
Pirritte711/
Puristhi711/
Pourriet711/
Phuritha711/
Purathea711/
Pureti672,022/
Pouret67501/
Porete67289/
Phutthrit67152/
Piriti67140/
Pureta67117/
Putrid67112/
Pirete6780/
Puruti6767/
Peuret6739/
Purget6738/
Puryts6738/
Purett6727/
Phurithip6726/
Pourid6725/
Purret6722/
Porrit6720/
Poriet6719/
Porita6717/
Poured6716/
Poriti6710/
Puroihata6710/
Poorit679/
Phorit679/
Pauret678/
Poritt676/
Purety674/
Purets673/
Purrietta673/
Pority671/
Pureth671/
Purjti671/
Peuroutet671/
Pieriette671/
Porīte671/
Poroit671/
Porait671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Purite
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