Purnawasi Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Purnawasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Purnawasi (1,233) may also be a first name.
Purnawasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purnawasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purnawasi (Hindi: पूर्णवासी, Marathi: पुणर्वासी) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Purnawasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Purnawasi is the 4,034,050th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Purnawasi is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Purnawasi reside; 71 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 71 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Purnawasi is also the 225,263rd most frequent given name throughout the world, borne by 1,233 people.
The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 8,816,613. In Indonesia Purnawasi is most common in: Lampung, where 100 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Purnawasi exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 13 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purnawasih | 95 | 4 | / |
| Purnawashi | 95 | 1 | / |
| Purnawaji | 89 | 13 | / |
| Purnabasi | 89 | 11 | / |
| Purnavasi | 89 | 10 | / |
| Purnnabasi | 84 | 49 | / |
| Purnabashi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Purnowasit | 84 | 1 | / |
| Poernawasie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Purnnovasi | 74 | 1 | / |
Purnawasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purnawasi in the Marathi language | ||
| पुणर्वासी | punarvasi | 50 |
| पूनर्वासी | punarvasi | 50 |
| Purnawasi in the Hindi language | ||
| पूर्णवासी | purnavasi | 40 |
| पुर्णवासी | purnavasi | 20 |
| पुनवासी | punavasi | 20 |
| पुर्नवासी | purnavasi | 20 |
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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 Purnawasi
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