Purity Surname

333,705th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Purity Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purity Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,0811:42,7204,449
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Purity (169,948) may also be a first name.

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 borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purity? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 333,705th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 6,583,149 people. The surname Purity is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Purity are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 6,182nd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 169,948 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,081 people, or 1 in 42,720. In Kenya Purity is mostly concentrated in: Meru County, where 13 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 11 percent reside and Tharaka Nithi County, where 10 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Purity Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puritay9219/
Puritoy925/
Puritty925/
Purioty922/
Puirity921/
Puriety921/
Purietoy861/
Purita831,205/
Puriti83192/
Purite8340/
Purety834/
Pority831/
Purhita77175/
Puraite7755/
Puritis7727/
Puritta7714/
Puristi7710/
Puritti776/
Puraiti774/
Putrite774/
Phurita773/
Puritip771/
Purytys771/
Puredty771/
Puretty771/
Puritha771/
Puritea770/
Purishti713/
Pusrited711/
Pouresty711/
Phuritha711/
Pusrites711/
Puristhi711/
Pureti672,022/
Pureta67117/
Purete6733/
Phurithip6726/
Porite6724/
Porita6717/
Poriti6710/
Purreiter676/
Purrietta673/
Purjti671/
Pourresty671/
Phusrites671/
Porety670/

Purity Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purity in the Oriya language
ପୁର୍ୀpuri-
Purity in the Marathi language
युरीटीyuriti75
पुरुटीpuruti25

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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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