Purten Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Estonia

Purten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Purten Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Pürten (2) are calculated separately.

Purten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purten occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Pürten. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purten is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Purten occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Purten live; 83 percent live in West Asia and 83 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Purten is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 15,564,284. In Turkey Purten is primarily found in: Izmir Province, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Turkey Purten exists in one country. It also occurs in Estonia, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pürten942/
Purtn911/
Porten831,929/
Purtin8326/
Poorten77187/
Pourtin7723/
Purtina7717/
Porteen7711/
Pforten779/
Portten779/
Portien771/
Purting770/
Portenn770/
Pfordten7124/
Portin671,150/
Portén6725/
Pirtin6718/
Purtinova671/
Porttin629/
Pürting621/
Portnowa572/
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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 Purten
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