Pursun Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
Pursun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 458 | 1:2,824 | 485 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pürsün (67) are calculated separately.
Pursun (11) may also be a first name.
Pursun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pursun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pursun is more frequently found in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Pürsün. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pursun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 626,382nd most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. The last name Pursun is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Pursun live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Pursun is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
This last name is most common in Mauritius, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 2,824. In Mauritius Pursun is mostly concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 26 percent live, Flacq District, where 23 percent live and Rivière du Rempart District, where 21 percent live. Aside from Mauritius Pursun is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pursuhn | 92 | 0 | / |
| Pürsün | 89 | 67 | / |
| Poursoun | 86 | 49 | / |
| Purson | 83 | 234 | / |
| Porsun | 83 | 10 | / |
| Pursum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pirsun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poursoune | 80 | 18 | / |
| Peursum | 77 | 116 | / |
| Paurson | 77 | 39 | / |
| Porshun | 77 | 21 | / |
| Purjung | 77 | 4 | / |
| Peurson | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pourzun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Piersun | 77 | 0 | / |
| Puirson | 77 | 0 | / |
| Poursson | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poursoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porson | 67 | 131 | / |
| Pursonowa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phorson | 62 | 20 | / |
| Porsson | 62 | 4 | / |
| Phorsson | 57 | 1 | / |
| Porzon | 50 | 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
- 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 Pursun
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