Pursem Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Pursem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 32 | 1:40,419 | 7,602 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Pursem (86) may also be a first name.
Pursem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pursem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pursem is carried by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pursem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,228,735th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Pursem is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Pursem live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Pursem is also the 1,032,266th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 86 people.
This last name is most common in Mauritius, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 40,419. In Mauritius Pursem is mostly concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Mauritius Pursem occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peursem | 92 | 81 | / |
| Pourshem | 86 | 50 | / |
| Pursen | 83 | 29 | / |
| Pursam | 83 | 4 | / |
| Purgem | 83 | 0 | / |
| Poursam | 77 | 68 | / |
| Pursent | 77 | 9 | / |
| Purshen | 77 | 3 | / |
| Poursim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peursen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pursham | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paursen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Purssen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pursn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poursham | 71 | 31 | / |
| Poursane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poursoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peurssen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purson | 67 | 234 | / |
| Pursan | 67 | 67 | / |
| Pursin | 67 | 20 | / |
| Poursoune | 67 | 18 | / |
| Porschiem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Porsim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Purjam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourshane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porsen | 67 | 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
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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 Pursem
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