Purtscher Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Purtscher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purtscher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria3631:23,4583,674
Uruguay1311:26,1973,047
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Purtscher Last Name Facts

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

Purtscher is held by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purtscher? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 549,140th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. The surname Purtscher occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Purtscher are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Purtscher is most commonly held in Austria, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 23,458. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Vorarlberg, where 37 percent reside, Tyrol, where 32 percent reside and Vienna, where 20 percent reside. Besides Austria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Purtscher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Purtscher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Purtscher surname expanded 227 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purtscher Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purtscher surname are 43.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 90% registered with the party.

Purtscher earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.7% less than the national average, earning $42,845 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purtschert95651/
Portscher89130/
Pirtscher8913/
Purstcher891/
Purcher8839/
Purscer880/
Pourcher82650/
Portsche8293/
Purcer80156/
Purche8017/
Pourchere7815/
Purtzer75161/
Pürcher75130/
Portser7555/
Pourche753/
Purchse752/
Purce71295/
Portschy71255/
Pourcheh7181/
Portschi7112/
Puertzer719/
Pourzher711/
Pourcier711/
Purcea67965/
Purcey6797/
Purzer6794/
Purtsi6764/
Porcer6741/
Purchi6723/
Purcee673/
Purchy672/
Purtze672/
Purcse671/
Purtsa671/
Pourchair671/
Pource670/
Purceh670/
Peurce670/
Purcie670/

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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 Purtscher
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