Purite Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Purite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Latvia | 12 | 1:170,837 | 20,647 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
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
Purite is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as: Pūrīte. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purite? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Purite live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.
Purite is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Central, where 50 percent are found, National Capital District, where 46 percent are found and East Sepik, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Purite
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