Purkayestha Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Purkayestha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purkayestha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080

Purkayestha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purkayestha has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Purkayestha.

How Common Is The Last Name Purkayestha? popularity and diffusion

Purkayestha is the 4,649,889th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Purkayestha occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Purkayestha live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The last name Purkayestha is most frequently occurring in Bangladesh, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 17,706,308. Outside of Bangladesh this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

Purkayestha Last Name Statistics demography

Purkayestha earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 67.83% more than the national average, earning $72,417 USD per year.

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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 Purkayestha
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