Purs Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Purs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Latvia | 9 | 1:227,783 | 22,848 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Purš (58) are calculated separately.
Purs (17) may also be a first name.
Purs Demographics
Average Purs Salary in
United States
$18,792 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Purs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purs (Russian: Пурс) is most common in Ukraine. It may also be found in the variant forms: Purš. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Purs live; 46 percent live in Eastern Europe and 39 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Purs is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 17 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 3,793,558. In Ukraine Purs is primarily found in: Kiev, where 83 percent are found and Poltava Oblast, where 17 percent are found. Besides Ukraine it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 16 percent are found and Belarus, where 13 percent are found.
Purs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Purs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Purs last name fell 37 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Purs Last Name Statistics demography
Purs earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purš | 92 | 58 | / |
| Purse | 89 | 1,624 | / |
| Purss | 89 | 257 | / |
| Pours | 89 | 99 | / |
| Puers | 89 | 92 | / |
| Pursh | 89 | 87 | / |
| Paurs | 89 | 53 | / |
| Purst | 89 | 2 | / |
| Purrs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Peurs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pursch | 80 | 692 | / |
| Poursh | 80 | 142 | / |
| Pourse | 80 | 3 | / |
| Paurst | 80 | 2 | / |
| Purshe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Paursh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pursse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peurse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pourrs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pors | 75 | 1,681 | / |
| Pirs | 75 | 246 | / |
| Pursche | 73 | 1,175 | / |
| Puhrsch | 73 | 15 | / |
| Pursova | 73 | 12 | / |
| Purscht | 73 | 0 | / |
| Poursch | 73 | 0 | / |
| Piers | 67 | 3,719 | / |
| Purce | 67 | 295 | / |
| Purje | 67 | 237 | / |
| Porsh | 67 | 231 | / |
| Porss | 67 | 36 | / |
| Porsz | 67 | 32 | / |
| Purze | 67 | 31 | / |
| Pirsz | 67 | 18 | / |
| Poors | 67 | 16 | / |
| Phors | 67 | 10 | / |
| Poers | 67 | 9 | / |
| Purch | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pirrs | 67 | 6 | / |
| Porrs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pirsh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Purshova | 67 | 2 | / |
Purs Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purs in the Russian language | ||
| Пурс | purs | - |
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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 Purs
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