Purlow Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Purlow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Purlow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purlow has its highest incidence in England. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purlow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Purlow is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Purlow are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in British Isles.

Purlow is most common in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Purlow is most prevalent in: Lancashire, where 100 percent reside. Aside from England this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prlow911/
Parlow831,685/
Perlow831,222/
Prelow83259/
Burlow83199/
Pralow83190/
Prolow8332/
Purlov8318/
Prylow839/
Prilow838/
Porlow830/
Praylow77244/
Prahlow7784/
Prailow7733/
Prealow7727/
Purlova7711/
Pierlow7711/
Preylow773/
Parhlow772/
Pralaow771/
Praliow771/
Preloow771/
Prellow770/
Paralow770/
Parolow770/
Poralow770/
Prollow770/
Preelow770/
Pa Rlow770/
Brlow731/
Priwalow7139/
Purliyew719/
Prayalow711/
Pearllow711/
Burealow710/
Pourloff710/
Barlow6784,616/
Burlew671,642/
Berlow67304/
Brylow67124/
Bralow6775/
Pirlov6722/
Borlow6714/
Brelow675/
Brulow673/
Perlew672/
Burlaw672/
Birlow672/
Perewalow671/
Perlaw671/
Prolaw671/
Brülow671/
Parlew671/
Brilow670/
Pourlatv5750/
Pourlatf576/
Putrlaff570/

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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 Purlow
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