Purović Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Purović Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 124 | 1:5,158 | 974 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Purovic (15) are calculated separately.
Purović Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purović Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purović is carried by more people in Montenegro than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Purovic. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Purović? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,596,935th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Purović live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Montenegro, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 5,158. In Montenegro it is mostly concentrated in: Tuzi Municipality, where 47 percent reside, Nikšić Municipality, where 40 percent reside and Podgorica Capital City, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Montenegro it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent reside and North Macedonia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purovic | 95 | 15 | / |
| Paurović | 93 | 62 | / |
| Porović | 86 | 246 | / |
| Pirović | 86 | 186 | / |
| Paurević | 80 | 214 | / |
| Purovich | 80 | 0 | / |
| Purgovich | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porobić | 71 | 712 | / |
| Porovic | 71 | 43 | / |
| Pirovits | 67 | 50 | / |
| Purovets | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pirovitz | 67 | 22 | / |
| Purowitz | 67 | 17 | / |
| Poureviz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pirovitš | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paurowicz | 63 | 103 | / |
| Putrowicz | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pourovets | 63 | 1 | / |
| Porobic | 57 | 166 | / |
| Puravec | 57 | 9 | / |
| Purawic | 57 | 8 | / |
| Puraveţ | 57 | 6 | / |
| Porobič | 57 | 3 | / |
| Purabic | 57 | 1 | / |
| Puravets | 53 | 301 | / |
| Pirowicz | 53 | 223 | / |
| Purawiec | 53 | 12 | / |
| Puravecz | 53 | 11 | / |
| Porowicz | 53 | 10 | / |
| Porowiec | 53 | 6 | / |
| Porowitz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Porovets | 53 | 1 | / |
| Purewicz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pourabiz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pierowicz | 50 | 116 | / |
| Porzowicz | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Purović
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