Purney Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Purney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1531:2,369,013146,433
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Purney (106) may also be a first name.

Purney Last Name Facts

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

Purney (Marathi: पूणय, Tibetan: པུར་ནི་) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purney? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,210,518th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Purney reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 915,176th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 106 people.

The last name Purney is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 2,369,013. In The United States Purney is most frequent in: Ohio, where 30 percent are found, Nevada, where 18 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 19 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Purney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Purney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Purney last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purney Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Purney last name are 24.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.97% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Purney earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.04% less than the national average, earning $39,681 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.57% less than the national average, earning $48,905 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pourney9260/
Purneye922/
Purneya921/
Paurney920/
Purne91601/
Purny913/
Purneyas861/
Purner83505/
Pourny83191/
Purnea8326/
Purnay8312/
Purnep834/
Purnie834/
Porney833/
Pourne832/
Pirney832/
Purnes831/
Purnee831/
Purnae831/
Purnoy831/
Purnge831/
Purnet830/
Purnaya77185/
Pourneh77112/
Purnaye77103/
Purenne77101/
Pourner7769/
Purniya7756/
Pfurner7734/
Purnesh7720/
Purnoyo778/
Pournay772/
Peurner771/
Pournie771/
Pournei771/
Purnnes770/
Phirney770/
Purness770/
Purnett770/
Purna736,687/
Purni733,775/
Porne73229/
Pirny734/
Pirne733/
Porny733/
Purniyah7130/
Pournayi716/
Purnnaya713/
Pournaye712/
Pirnieya711/
Pournehr711/
Pirnay67911/
Pornea67737/
Pirnie67684/
Purnna67257/
Pirnea67244/
Pierne67198/
Pürner67182/
Purnat67133/
Purnajaya67128/
Purnis6789/
Pourni6755/
Phorne6725/
Pornoy6722/
Purnah6719/
Pournehad6712/
Pourna679/
Puhrni675/
Pujrni675/
Purnni675/
Pierny674/
Pournejat673/
Pornay672/
Purgna672/
Poorne672/
Porrne672/
Puurna671/
Pirneu671/
Purnaa671/
Pusrna671/
Pornuy671/
Pirnei671/
Porneh671/
Pirneh671/
Puerna671/
Pirnej671/
Pornny670/

Purney Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purney in the Marathi language
पूणयpunaya-
Purney in the Tibetan language
པུར་ནི་purni44.44
པུར་ནེ་purné44.44
ཕུར་ནི་purni11.11

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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 Purney
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