Purw Surname
Approximately 842 people bear this surname
Purw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 819 | 1:936,588 | 40,251 |
| Taiwan | 20 | 1:1,172,237 | 8,044 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Purw (13) may also be a first name.
Purw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purw occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Purw? popularity and diffusion
Purw is the 413,768th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,655,043 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Purw reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Purw is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 819 people, or 1 in 936,588. In India Purw is most common in: Jharkhand, where 75 percent reside and Bihar, where 25 percent reside. Beside India this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 2 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Purw
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