Purkopp Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Purkopp Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purkopp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Poland51:7,601,750167,855

Purkopp Last Name Facts

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

Purkopp occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purkopp? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Purkopp live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Purkopp is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 50 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 8 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Poland, where 29 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purkop9223/
Purko83690/
Purkot77246/
Purkov77152/
Porkop775/
Purkod771/
Purkho771/
Pgurko771/
Purkott71188/
Pirkopf7182/
Purkoot7120/
Pourkou7120/
Pourkho712/
Purkocz711/
Purkhov711/
Purka67804/
Porko67228/
Pourkouh6714/
Purco676/
Pierkopf671/

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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 Purkopp
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