Purumal Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Purumal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Purumal 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
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Purumal (18) may also be a first name.

Purumal Last Name Facts

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

Purumal (Hindi: पूरूमल, Marathi: पुरुमल, Oriya: ପୁରୁମାଲ) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purumal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Purumal live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 18 people.

The last name Purumal is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia it is most common in: Negeri Sembilan, where 50 percent live, Selangor, where 25 percent live and Malacca, where 13 percent live. Barring Malaysia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live.

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
Purumall931/
Paurumal931/
Pirumal8660/
Purimal862/
Porumal862/
Porumall801/
Purimall801/
Pirimal715/
Poromal712/
Purimol711/

Purumal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purumal in the Oriya language
ପୁରୁମାଲpurumala-
Purumal in the Marathi language
पुरुमलpurumala76.92
पुरूमलpurumala15.38
पुरुमळpurumala7.69
Purumal in the Hindi language
पूरूमलpurumala50
पुरुमलpurumala50

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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 Purumal
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