Purrucker Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Purrucker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Purrucker Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1591:506,32443,083
Austria101:851,54467,454
France31:22,140,907385,998
China21:683,660,78330,601
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Purrucker Last Name Facts

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

Purrucker is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purrucker? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,286,243rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Purrucker reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 506,324. In Germany Purrucker is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 45 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 12 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside. Other than Germany Purrucker is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 6 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Purrucker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Purrucker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Purrucker surname declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purucker941,365/
Puruker882/
Puruckherr845/
Purucher821/
Puruke803/
Puruckerová801/
Purucki7517/
Puriker755/
Purukei753/
Purucka751/
Purzucki712/
Pourouke711/
Puruka6753/
Poruke674/
Puruca673/
Puruki671/
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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 Purrucker
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