Purnik Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Argentina

Purnik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purnik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Purnik (38) may also be a first name.

Purnik Last Name Facts

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

Purnik (Hindi: पूर्णिक, Russian: Пурник) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purnik? popularity and diffusion

The last name Purnik is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Purnik are found; 58 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 38 people.

The surname Purnik is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 70 percent live, Karnataka, where 10 percent live and West Bengal, where 10 percent live. Apart from India this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 26 percent live and Russia, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pournik92319/
Purnick9290/
Purnaik921/
Pirnik83161/
Pornik833/
Purnek832/
Purnikova801/
Piernik77794/
Pirnaik7731/
Pirnick776/
Poornik772/
Piernick7170/
Phirnaik713/
Pürnek67402/
Pirník6746/
Pirnig6711/
Pirnic677/
Pirnyk677/
Pornek674/
Poernig6214/
Pierník623/
Pournegh571/

Purnik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purnik in the Hindi language
पूर्णिकpurnika-
Purnik in the Russian language
Пурникpurnik-

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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 Purnik
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