Purshneva Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Purshneva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purshneva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1561:923,86672,911
Belarus101:950,10668,851

Purshneva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purshneva (Russian: Пуршнева) is more commonly found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Purshneva.

How Common Is The Last Name Purshneva? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,343,156th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Purshneva live; 93 percent live in North Asia and 93 percent live in Slavic North Asia.

It is most prevalent in Russia, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 923,866. In Russia it is most numerous in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, where 99 percent are found and Moscow, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Belarus, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purshnev944/
Pursneva941/
Porshneva891,156/
Pourrshnevad8626/
Purshnyova841/
Purshnavah841/
Porshnieva841/
Porshnev821,139/
Porsneva8222/
Purshnyov787/
Porshniev781/
Porsnev757/
Poršneva714/
Porşneva711/
Poršnev6315/
Porşnev633/

Purshneva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purshneva in the Russian language
Пуршневаpursneva-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Purshneva
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis