Pursanidis Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Pursanidis Surname User-submission:

From Poursa, a variant of the city Bursa in modern day Turkey and -idis, a Greek suffix meaning 'son of'. Thus the name means 'son of someone from Bursa'. The name variably uses u or ou because of the Greek language's use of ou for the sound [u].

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Pursanidis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Georgia51:749,10921,598
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Pursanidis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From Poursa, a variant of the city Bursa in modern day Turkey and -idis, a Greek suffix meaning 'son of'. Thus the name means 'son of someone from Bursa'. The name variably uses u or ou because of the Greek language's use of ou for the sound [u].

One region where such surname came from is the (now destroyed) village Yaçoğlu/Yaçuğlu (Γιάτσογλου/Γιάτσουλου).

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Pursanidis Last Name Facts

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

Pursanidis (Georgian: პურსანიდის, Russian: Пурсанидис) is found most in Russia. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pursanidis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Pursanidis are found; 50 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 50 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Russia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 16,013,673. In Russia Pursanidis is most prevalent in: Stavropol Krai, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Russia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Georgia, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

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Pursanidis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pursanidis in the Georgian language
პურსანიდისpursanidis-
Pursanidis in the Russian language
Пурсанидисpursanidis-

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