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
The surname Puruncaja has its highest incidence in Ecuador. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puruncaja? popularity and diffusion
Puruncaja is the 966,131st most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Puruncaja are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Andean South America.
It is most common in Ecuador, where it is borne by 263 people, or 1 in 60,479. In Ecuador Puruncaja is most prevalent in: Pichincha Province, where 43 percent reside, Cotopaxi Province, where 38 percent reside and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Ecuador this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 1 percent reside and Colombia, where 0 percent reside.
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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