Purity Surname
Approximately 1,107 people bear this surname
Purity Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,081 | 1:42,720 | 4,449 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Purity (169,948) may also be a first name.
Purity Demographics
Purity Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Purity Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purity Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purity (Marathi: युरीटी, Oriya: ପୁର୍ୀ) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Purity click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purity? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 333,705th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,583,149 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Purity live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Purity is also the 6,182nd most widely held forename globally It is held by 169,948 people.
Purity is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,081 people, or 1 in 42,720. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Meru County, where 13 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 11 percent are found and Tharaka Nithi County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Kenya Purity occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Purity Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puritay | 92 | 19 | / |
| Puritoy | 92 | 5 | / |
| Puritty | 92 | 5 | / |
| Purioty | 92 | 2 | / |
| Puirity | 92 | 1 | / |
| Puriety | 92 | 1 | / |
| Purietoy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Purita | 83 | 1,205 | / |
| Puriti | 83 | 192 | / |
| Purite | 83 | 40 | / |
| Purety | 83 | 4 | / |
| Pority | 83 | 1 | / |
| Purhita | 77 | 175 | / |
| Puraite | 77 | 55 | / |
| Puritis | 77 | 27 | / |
| Puritta | 77 | 14 | / |
| Puristi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Puritti | 77 | 6 | / |
| Puraiti | 77 | 4 | / |
| Putrite | 77 | 4 | / |
| Phurita | 77 | 3 | / |
| Puritip | 77 | 1 | / |
| Purytys | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puredty | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puretty | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puritha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puritea | 77 | 0 | / |
| Purishti | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pusrited | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pouresty | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phuritha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pusrites | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puristhi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pureti | 67 | 2,022 | / |
| Pureta | 67 | 117 | / |
| Purete | 67 | 33 | / |
| Phurithip | 67 | 26 | / |
| Porite | 67 | 24 | / |
| Porita | 67 | 17 | / |
| Poriti | 67 | 10 | / |
| Purreiter | 67 | 6 | / |
| Purrietta | 67 | 3 | / |
| Purjti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourresty | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phusrites | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porety | 67 | 0 | / |
Purity Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purity in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁର୍ୀ | puri | - |
| Purity in the Marathi language | ||
| युरीटी | yuriti | 75 |
| पुरुटी | puruti | 25 |
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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 Purity
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