Purmala Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Purmala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purmala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India91:85,229,487684,495
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618

Purmala (67) may also be a first name.

Purmala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purmala (Hindi: पुरमला) is found most frequently in India. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purmala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Purmala is the 5,391,485th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Purmala live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 69 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,191,548th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 67 people.

This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India Purmala is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 89 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account India Purmala exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 31 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Purmala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purmala in the Hindi language
पुरमलाpuramala50
पुरमालाpuramala50

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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 Purmala
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