Purmerend Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Purmerend Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purmerend Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Purmerend Last Name Facts

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

Purmerend is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Purmerend.

How Common Is The Last Name Purmerend? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purmerend is the 4,772,636th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Purmerend are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Purmerend is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,055,448. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 94 percent reside and Utrecht, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside.

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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 Purmerend
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