Purwaka Surname
Approximately 525 people bear this surname
Purwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 522 | 1:253,351 | 23,069 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Purwaka (298) may also be a first name.
Purwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purwaka occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purwaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 593,568th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 13,881,040 people. The surname Purwaka is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Purwaka are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 510,666th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 298 people.
The last name Purwaka is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 522 people, or 1 in 253,351. In Indonesia Purwaka is mostly found in: Yogyakarta, where 52 percent are found, West Java, where 16 percent are found and Central Java, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Purwaka
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