Purushoth Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Purushoth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purushoth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India841:9,131,731182,786
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
France21:33,211,361423,184
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Purushoth (271) may also be a first name.

Purushoth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purushoth (Marathi: पुरुशोथ) is found most frequently in India. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Purushoth click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purushoth? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,931,261st most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name Purushoth occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Purushoth are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Purushoth is also the 540,009th most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 271 people.

The last name Purushoth is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 9,131,731. In India Purushoth is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 73 percent reside, Karnataka, where 1 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Aside from India it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purushot942/
Purusoth941/
Purusooth891/
Purushat824/
Purusott821/
Puroshott781/
Puruesat711/
Pourishat675/
Purisat632/
Phurisat59641/
Pourosat5936/
Pourousad561/
Pourhishad531/
Pirisat507/

Purushoth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purushoth in the Marathi language
पुरुशोथpurusotha-

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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 Purushoth
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