Purmi Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Purmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purmi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India561:13,697,596234,369
Indonesia451:2,938,871165,726
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Purmi (521) may also be a first name.

Purmi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purmi (Hindi: पूरमी, Marathi: पुम, Oriya: ପୁମିର୍) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purmi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,775,494th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Purmi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Purmi reside; 53 percent reside in South Asia and 51 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Purmi is also the 369,942nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 521 people.

Purmi is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 13,697,596. In India Purmi is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 84 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 7 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 7 percent are found. Barring India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 42 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phurmi912/
Pourmi911/
Purmai911/
Purmie911/
Purmit910/
Pourmei831/
Peurmai831/
Purma801,474/
Pormi8028/
Purme8017/
Pirmi8012/
Pourmieh7733/
Pourzmie771/
Purmer73128/
Pourma7341/
Pormai739/
Purmay738/
Purmma733/
Pirmai732/
Phurma731/
Puurma731/
Poormi731/
Pourmey6720/
Pourmeh6720/
Puurmaa678/
Phormmi672/
Purmaya671/
Pourmet671/
Pourmes671/
Pourmer671/

Purmi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purmi in the Marathi language
पुमpuma-
Purmi in the Oriya language
ପୁମିର୍pumir68
ପୂମିର୍pumir24
ପୁମର୍ୀpumari4
ପୁରୁମିpurumi4
Purmi in the Hindi language
पूरमीpurami42.86
पूर्मीpurmi28.57
पुर्मिpurmi14.29
पुरमीpurami14.29

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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 Purmi
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