Puruwa Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Puruwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Puruwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puruwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puruwa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puruwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Puruwa is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Puruwa are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 671,228. In Zimbabwe Puruwa is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piruwa | 83 | 33 | / |
| Puruwe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Puruva | 83 | 4 | / |
| Puruba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phuriwa | 77 | 126 | / |
| Puruvai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Purubai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Puriwaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phiruwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Puruhuay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puruvi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Piriwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Poruwo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Piruva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poruva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puruve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pirueva | 62 | 188 | / |
| Porowai | 62 | 44 | / |
| Purieva | 62 | 15 | / |
| Purivay | 62 | 10 | / |
| Poroway | 62 | 4 | / |
| Phiriwa | 62 | 2 | / |
| Poruvai | 62 | 2 | / |
| Purubhe | 62 | 2 | / |
| Purivaj | 62 | 1 | / |
| Phuruvo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pauriva | 62 | 1 | / |
| Purusuo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Purubuj | 62 | 1 | / |
| Porowe'a | 57 | 12 | / |
| Pourhoubi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Porowe | 50 | 47 | / |
| Porowi | 50 | 14 | / |
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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 Puruwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis