Puruganan Surname

675,256th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 442 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Puruganan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puruganan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3541:285,98441,189
United States761:4,769,196247,034
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Puruganan Last Name Facts

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

Puruganan is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Puruganan.

How Common Is The Last Name Puruganan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 675,256th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 16,487,660 people. The last name Puruganan is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Puruganan live; 79 percent live in Southeast Asia and 78 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 285,984. In The Philippines it is most common in: Ilocos, where 36 percent live, National Capital Region, where 23 percent live and Central Luzon, where 14 percent live. Besides The Philippines Puruganan occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Puruganan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Puruganan surname are 20.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.91% registered with the political party.

Puruganan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.11% more than the national average, earning $66,497 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purugganan952,306/
Purruganan9512/
Purunganan952/
Puruqganan951/
Purusganan951/
Purungganan9019/
Purrugganan9010/
Puruggaanan901/
Puroganan897/
Puruganon893/
Poruganan891/
Purogganan8412/
Poroganan782/

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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 Puruganan
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