Purić Surname

113,589th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,072 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Purić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia2,0391:3,504459
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,2031:2,940560
Croatia3471:12,1862,305
Montenegro2791:2,292495
Slovenia2001:12,4382,975
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Puric (438) & Purič (39) are calculated separately.

Purić Last Name Facts

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

Purić is found in Serbia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Puric or Purič. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 113,589th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,789,672 people. The surname Purić is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Purić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Purić is most frequently occurring in Serbia, where it is held by 2,039 people, or 1 in 3,504. In Serbia it is mostly found in: Zlatibor District, where 28 percent live, Mačva District, where 14 percent live and Belgrade, where 12 percent live. Outside of Serbia this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 30 percent live and Croatia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puric93438/
Purič9339/
Putrić91193/
Paurić91132/
Purgić9118/
Pirić801,592/
Porić80588/
Puriz8042/
Purici73795/
Purich73442/
Puritz73316/
Purits7377/
Paurič7336/
Puricz7310/
Purics732/
Purids731/
Pauric731/
Purzyć731/
Pouriz731/
Puurits6747/
Puriche6739/
Puritch6739/
Paurici6716/
Paurich6716/
Pourits679/
Phurich673/
Putricz671/
Purgich671/
Puhrich671/
Pouriez671/
Pourriz671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Purić
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