Purnu Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Purnu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purnu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Purnu (473) may also be a first name.

Purnu Last Name Facts

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

Purnu (Hindi: पुर्णू, Marathi: पुरनु) is most common in France. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purnu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Purnu reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Purnu is also the 391,396th most common forename world-wide, borne by 473 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France it is most numerous in: Pays de la Loire, where 67 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 33 percent live. Beside France Purnu is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pournou838/
Phurnau831/
Pornu802/
Pirnu802/
Pirnau73509/
Pornui736/
Pirneu731/
Pornou731/
Pornuy731/
Pournoush711/
Piernau6742/
Phornuy671/
Pornói5550/

Purnu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purnu in the Hindi language
पुर्णूpurnu-
Purnu in the Marathi language
पुरनुpuranu-

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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 Purnu
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