Purush Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Purush Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Purush (400) may also be a first name.
Purush Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purush Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purush (Hindi: पुरूष, Marathi: पुरुष, Oriya: ପୁରୁଷ, Russian: Пуруш) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purush? popularity and diffusion
The surname Purush is the 1,267,784th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Purush are found; 78 percent are found in South Asia and 78 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 431,593rd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 400 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 5,724,369. In India Purush is mostly found in: Chhattisgarh, where 15 percent are found, Tamil Nadu, where 12 percent are found and Bihar, where 11 percent are found. Besides India this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 7 percent are found and Qatar, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Purush Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purush in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁରୁଷ | purusa | 90 |
| ପୁରୁଶ | purusa | 10 |
| Purush in the Marathi language | ||
| पुरुष | purusa | 70.83 |
| पुरूष | purusa | 12.5 |
| पुरुस | purusa | 8.33 |
| पुरून | puruna | 4.17 |
| पुरुश | purusa | 4.17 |
| Purush in the Hindi language | ||
| पुरूष | purusa | 66.67 |
| पुरुष | purusa | 31.25 |
| पूरूष | purusa | 2.08 |
| Purush in the Russian language | ||
| Пуруш | purus | - |
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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 Purush
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