Purter Surname

872,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Iran

Purter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2331:1,555,618105,142
Iran751:1,023,76746,913
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Purter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purter is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 872,430th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The surname Purter is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Purter are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 1,555,618. In The United States it is most frequent in: Alabama, where 45 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States Purter exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Purter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Purter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 4,660 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purter surname are 17.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64% being registered to vote for the political party.

Purter earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.13% less than the national average, earning $30,578 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purther9251/
Pourter924/
Pfurter923/
Purte9165/
Pourtier86948/
Pfhurter8659/
Purtheer861/
Porter83295,388/
Purtee83870/
Purtey8371/
Pourte8311/
Purtes836/
Pirter835/
Purtie833/
Purtez833/
Purtet831/
Purtte830/
Pourthier803/
Portier779,039/
Poorter77503/
Pfirter77497/
Pourtet7762/
Pforter7758/
Porther7731/
Pourthe7728/
Portter7725/
Pourtie7722/
Pfürter779/
Poerter776/
Pierter776/
Porterr775/
Porteer772/
Pourteh772/
Purttee771/
Pourteu771/
Pporter771/
Pirtter770/
Phirter770/
Purti7337,275/
Purty7334,091/
Porte7317,835/
Purta73733/
Purtí735/
Porthier7129/
Pourtair717/
Pourthie714/
Poortere714/
D'Porter713/
Poerther711/
Pfierter711/
Purtti6723,307/
Portee671,279/
Purtty671,004/
Pforte67514/
Portie67354/
Portea67292/
Poorte67195/
Portei67194/
Pourty6791/
Porthe6788/
Portey6784/
Purtha6769/
Purtta6762/
Purthi6753/
Purtiy6747/
Purthy6720/
Puurti6719/
Portir6717/
Purtyi6717/
Purtis6711/
Purrty678/
Purrti678/
Purtiz678/
Portte678/
Phurti675/
Puirta675/
Purtii674/
Pourta674/
Phorte673/
Phurty673/
Purtuy673/
Purtit673/
Purtoy672/
Purtio672/
Pourti672/
Purtaj671/
Poerte671/
Puirti671/
Puurty671/
Purtyh671/
Puirty671/
Ppurti671/
Purtoa671/

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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 Purter
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