Purve Surname
Approximately 4,424 people bear this surname
Purve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 2,578 | 1:11,048 | 700 |
| India | 1,826 | 1:420,080 | 22,030 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Purve (34) may also be a first name.
Purve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purve (Hindi: पुर्वे, Marathi: पुव) is found most in Nepal. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purve? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 105,784th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,647,275 people. The surname Purve is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Purve reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Purve is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 34 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nepal, where it is held by 2,578 people, or 1 in 11,048. In Nepal Purve is most common in: Janakpur, where 56 percent live, Sagarmatha, where 31 percent live and Koshi, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nepal Purve occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 41 percent live and Estonia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Purve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purve in the Marathi language | ||
| पुव | puva | 77.98 |
| पूव | puva | 19.05 |
| पुरुषे | puruse | 1.19 |
| पुरवे | purave | 1.19 |
| Purve in the Hindi language | ||
| पुर्वे | purve | 44.74 |
| पूर्वे | purve | 44.74 |
| पूर्वी | purvi | 5.26 |
| पुरवे | purave | 5.26 |
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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 Purve
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