Pursooth Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pursooth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pursooth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
England11:55,718,059489,080

Pursooth Last Name Facts

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

Pursooth is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pursooth? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Pursooth is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Pursooth live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Pursooth is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa Pursooth is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 95 percent are found and North West, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 29 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Pursooth Last Name Statistics demography

Pursooth earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.58% less than the national average, earning R 179,232 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pursoot935/
Pursoo8669/
Pursoh8616/
Pursath804/
Purso7715/
Poursost7525/
Pourjooh7514/
Purshoha751/
Poursood751/
Pursah7174/
Pursha7137/
Pursat7123/
Pursio7121/
Purcot717/
Porsoo715/
Pirsot711/
Poursat6776/
Purcott6719/
Pursadh6718/
Purshad6711/
Purshat673/
Pourzoo672/
Purshas671/
Poursha671/
Purshut671/
Purzsha671/
Purchot671/

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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 Pursooth
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