Purralef Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Purralef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purralef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile1611:109,4194,049
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Purralef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purralef occurs most in Chile. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purralef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,353,468th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Purralef reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 98 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

Purralef is most frequently occurring in Chile, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 109,419. In Chile it is most prevalent in: Los Lagos Region, where 79 percent reside, Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 9 percent reside and Atacama Region, where 6 percent reside. Not including Chile this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puralef936/
Puralev801/
Pouralif7537/
Purgalev7511/
Purgaleva7115/
Pourhhalif6713/
Poralev671/
Piraliev63631/
Pirhalev632/
Puralova631/
Piraleev631/
Purhalova592/
Purgalova592/
Purgalyov591/
Purhailova561/
Porolev532/
Poroliev509/
Pireliev501/
Piroliff501/

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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 Purralef
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