Purtean Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Purtean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 17 | 1:209,492 | 19,497 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Purtean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purtean Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purtean is found most frequently in Moldova. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Purtean.
How Common Is The Last Name Purtean? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Purtean reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Moldova, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 209,492. In Moldova it is most numerous in: Basarabeasca District, where 47 percent live, Cahul District, where 41 percent live and Strășeni District, where 6 percent live. Other than Moldova it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purtan | 92 | 674 | / |
| Purtyan | 86 | 39 | / |
| Purtian | 86 | 16 | / |
| Pourtan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Purthan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Portean | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pourtehhan | 82 | 54 | / |
| Purtoyan | 80 | 367 | / |
| Pourtein | 80 | 13 | / |
| Portiean | 80 | 9 | / |
| Pourtain | 80 | 4 | / |
| Purthane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Portan | 77 | 547 | / |
| Pirtan | 77 | 90 | / |
| Purtam | 77 | 8 | / |
| Pourtahan | 75 | 29 | / |
| Pourtoyan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Purtiatin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porthen | 71 | 291 | / |
| Portian | 71 | 155 | / |
| Porthan | 71 | 131 | / |
| Portyan | 71 | 52 | / |
| Portain | 71 | 50 | / |
| Pirthan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Portein | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pourtahian | 71 | 1 | / |
| Portaun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porteon | 71 | 0 | / |
| Purtham | 71 | 0 | / |
| Portoyan | 67 | 26 | / |
| Portoian | 67 | 10 | / |
| Phorthan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pirťan | 62 | 17 | / |
| Pirtań | 62 | 11 | / |
| Portán | 62 | 3 | / |
| Porthén | 57 | 36 | / |
| Portion | 57 | 19 | / |
| Porthin | 57 | 9 | / |
| Portuin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Portoin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Portjon | 57 | 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 Purtean
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