Purlys Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Purlys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purlys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania1731:17,5413,193
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Purlys Last Name Facts

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

Purlys is found most in Lithuania. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Purlys click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purlys? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purlys is the 1,272,314th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Purlys live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Purlys is most frequently occurring in Lithuania, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 17,541. In Lithuania it is mostly concentrated in: Vilnius County, where 56 percent are found, Utena County, where 31 percent are found and Kaunas County, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Lithuania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purly912/
Purley83225/
Purles8341/
Purlis8341/
Pourly8331/
Purlay835/
Purrly830/
Paurly830/
Purlytė7746/
Purelly7728/
Pourlyi7712/
Pourlis775/
Paurley772/
Pourley771/
Purlais771/
Phurley771/
Purli73793/
Purle73128/
Purla7395/
Porly735/
Pourlish711/
Pourless710/
Porley671,563/
Purlee67306/
Porlay67281/
Porloy67177/
Porles67172/
Purlia6793/
Pirles6786/
Purler6776/
Pourla6766/
Pujrla6714/
Peurla6711/
Pirlis677/
Purlla676/
Puurla673/
Putrle672/
Purlea672/
Purlie671/
Porlis671/
Pourlj671/
Purlli671/
Putrli671/
Purlai671/
Purlej671/

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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 Purlys
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