Purtu Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Italy

Purtu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Purtu 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
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Pürtü (4) are calculated separately.

Purtu (15) may also be a first name.

Purtu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purtu (Marathi: पुटूर्, Oriya: ପୂିର୍) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Pürtü. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purtu? popularity and diffusion

Purtu is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Purtu live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. Purtu is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.

The surname Purtu is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Purtu is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 25 percent are found, Assam, where 25 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 25 percent are found. Aside from India it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent are found and Italy, where 11 percent are found.

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
Purttu918/
Purtuh915/
Purtus913/
Purtuy913/
Puertu911/
Pürtü874/
Pourtau83679/
Pourtou833/
Pourteu831/
Purteus830/
Portu80484/
Pirtu80285/
Pourtout77247/
Pourtaud77141/
Pourtaut771/
Porteu73159/
Portou7351/
Portau7317/
Phirtu734/
Portui732/
Pirthu731/
Portão556/
Poortoo501/
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Purtu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purtu in the Oriya language
ପୂିର୍puir-
Purtu in the Marathi language
पुटूर्putur-

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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 Purtu
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