Purkov Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Purkov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Purkov Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia791:90,4427,493
Russia631:2,287,668136,333
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Purkov Last Name Facts

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

Purkov (Russian: Пурков) is carried by more people in Serbia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purkov? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,422,956th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. Purkov is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Purkov reside; 56 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 56 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

Purkov is most widely held in Serbia, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 90,442. In Serbia it is most frequent in: Central Banat District, where 89 percent live and South Bačka District, where 11 percent live. Barring Serbia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 41 percent live and Bulgaria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purkova9215/
Purkhov921/
Purkhova861/
Pirkov83215/
Purkop8323/
Purkof831/
Porkhov7728/
Purkopp7717/
Purkaev771/
Purkoff771/
Porkop675/
Pircov674/
Phuerkoff671/
Pirkopf6282/
Pirkaev621/
Pourkhaf5714/
Pourkhab571/
Pierkopf571/
Porkab502/
Porkap501/
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Purkov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purkov in the Russian language
Пурковpurkov-

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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 Purkov
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