Purke Surname

229,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,765 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Purke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,7371:441,60422,901
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Purke (32) may also be a first name.

Purke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purke (Marathi: पुरके, Russian: Пурке) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 229,521st most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,128,921 people. Purke occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Purke are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Purke is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 32 people.

The surname Purke is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 1,737 people, or 1 in 441,604. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 96 percent live, Telangana, where 2 percent live and Goa, where 1 percent live. Other than India this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Egypt, where 0 percent live.

Purke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Purke surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

Purke earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.9% less than the national average, earning $35,856 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purkey912,906/
Purkhe91148/
Purkei9118/
Pourke912/
Purkie912/
Puerke910/
Purkee910/
Purk89874/
Purkess83123/
Pourkeh839/
Purkeat837/
Pourkey834/
Purkesh831/
Purkeit831/
Purcker831/
Peurket830/
Purckes830/
Purka80804/
Pourk80525/
Purce80295/
Pirke80201/
Purky8031/
Porke8028/
Purck8017/
Purkh8013/
Purkt809/
Purki808/
Phurk801/
Purckett773/
Pourkher771/
Pourkhet771/
Purkis731,723/
Purcea73965/
Pirkey73460/
Phirke73318/
Purcey7397/
Purkha7385/
Purgue7377/
Purkyt7358/
Purcka7342/
Pourki7323/
Purche7317/
Purkai7316/
Purcki737/
Pürker736/
Pirkeh735/
Porkee734/
Porkie734/
Pourka734/
Porkea734/
Porkhe734/
Purcee733/
Phurki733/
Pirkie733/
Porkey732/
Purque732/
Purkhi731/
Pourkh731/
Poorke731/
Pource730/
Purceh730/
Pierke730/
Peurce730/
Purcky730/
Porkei730/
Porrke730/
Purc67326/
Pork67311/
Purg67275/
Purkaya67182/
Purqued6779/
Pourque6745/
Purkova6715/
Pourkay6714/
Pourkio6712/
Pourkhi6710/
Purkayt679/
Pourgue678/
Purkith676/
Purq675/
Porkhea674/
Purkuit674/
Purkitt674/
Purková673/
Pourche673/
Purquer672/
Purquet671/
Purkais671/
Pierkey671/
Phirkhe671/
Pürkher671/
Porkheh671/
Pürk671/

Purke Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purke in the Marathi language
पुरकेpurake98.37
पुकpuka0.85
पूरकेpurake0.08
Purke in the Russian language
Пуркеpurke-

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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 Purke
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