Purlu Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Purlu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Purlu 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
Turkey2161:360,28422,523
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

The alternate forms: Pürlü (3) are calculated separately.

Purlu Last Name Facts

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

Purlu is found most frequently in Turkey. It may appear as a variant: Pürlü. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purlu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,115,011th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Purlu live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 95 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 360,284. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Sivas Province, where 22 percent live, Kahramanmaras Province, where 22 percent live and Ankara Province, where 17 percent live. Not including Turkey Purlu occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, 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
Purlau912/
Pürlü873/
Purillu834/
Purluch831/
Purellu831/
Porlu80106/
Pirlu8019/
Puurillu773/
Porlou7349/
Pirlau734/
Pirlou732/
Porrlu731/
Porllu731/
Pourillou711/
Pourrillou674/
Porellu674/
Poorillu621/
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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 Purlu
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