Purišić Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Purišić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 161 | 1:3,972 | 793 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 116 | 1:30,486 | 4,729 |
| Croatia | 20 | 1:211,430 | 24,636 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
The alternate forms: Purisić (7) & Purisic (121) are calculated separately.
Purišić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purišić Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purišić is found in Montenegro more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Purisić or Purisic. Click here to see other potential spellings of Purišić.
How Common Is The Last Name Purišić? popularity and diffusion
The last name Purišić is the 876,631st most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Purišić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Montenegro, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 3,972. In Montenegro it is most frequent in: Plav Municipality, where 98 percent live and Bar Municipality, where 2 percent live. Outside of Montenegro this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 38 percent live and Croatia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purisić | 95 | 7 | / |
| Purisic | 90 | 121 | / |
| Purešić | 86 | 74 | / |
| Pirišić | 86 | 2 | / |
| Purici | 77 | 795 | / |
| Purisi | 77 | 30 | / |
| Purichi | 71 | 32 | / |
| Purisai | 71 | 27 | / |
| Paurici | 71 | 16 | / |
| Phurisi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pourizi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Puresić | 71 | 4 | / |
| Puraisi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Puraizi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Purisie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfurisi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pourisi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puricic | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purishi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pourishi | 67 | 365 | / |
| Pourrizi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Phurisit | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pourichi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Purichai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pouriesi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pouriziz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Purišić
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