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
Puruwa is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Puruwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Puruwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Puruwa live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 671,228. In Zimbabwe Puruwa is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 100 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
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