Puruncaja Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Puruncaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 263 | 1:60,479 | 5,093 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Puruncaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puruncaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puruncaja has its highest incidence in Ecuador. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puruncaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Puruncaja is the 966,131st most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Puruncaja reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 98 percent reside in Andean South America.
Puruncaja is most commonly occurring in Ecuador, where it is held by 263 people, or 1 in 60,479. In Ecuador it is most prevalent in: Pichincha Province, where 43 percent are found, Cotopaxi Province, where 38 percent are found and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Ecuador this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent are found and Colombia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puruncajas | 95 | 1,681 | / |
| Puiruncajas | 90 | 1 | / |
| Peurunka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pringgajaya | 60 | 21 | / |
| Brangaja | 59 | 1 | / |
| Pourounsou | 53 | 2 | / |
| Poronka | 50 | 4 | / |
| Porunke | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Puruncaja
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