Purkh Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Purkh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purkh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine121:3,793,558197,857
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Purkh (203) may also be a first name.

Purkh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purkh (Hindi: पुर्ख, Russian: Пурх) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purkh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Purkh is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Purkh is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Purkh reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 635,584th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 203 people.

The last name Purkh is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,793,558. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Donetsk Oblast, where 92 percent live and Chernihiv Oblast, where 8 percent live. Besides Ukraine this surname exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purkhe91148/
Pourkh911/
Purk89874/
Purke801,765/
Pourk80525/
Purhe80152/
Porkh8028/
Pirkh8018/
Purck8017/
Purkt809/
Purch807/
Purgh804/
Puerk803/
Phurk801/
Purqh801/
Purkhova771/
Pourgh73107/
Purche7317/
Pourch7316/
Pourke732/
Paurch730/
Pirk671,096/
Purc67326/
Pork67311/
Purg67275/
Purkova6715/
Purq675/
Purková673/
Pourche673/
Purj671/
Pürk671/

Purkh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purkh in the Hindi language
पुर्खpurkha-
Purkh in the Russian language
Пурхpurh-

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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 Purkh
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