Purwal Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Purwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Purwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purwal (Hindi: पूर्वाल, Marathi: पुरवाल) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purwal? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Purwal live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 9,024,299. In India Purwal is most common in: Uttarkhand, where 51 percent live, Delhi, where 20 percent live and Maharashtra, where 6 percent live. Other than India this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paurwal | 92 | 24 | / |
| Purwale | 92 | 2 | / |
| Pourwal | 92 | 2 | / |
| Purwalh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pourzwal | 86 | 1 | / |
| Porwal | 83 | 8,172 | / |
| Purval | 83 | 28 | / |
| Purual | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pirwal | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pourval | 77 | 19 | / |
| Porwall | 77 | 11 | / |
| Purvall | 77 | 9 | / |
| Poorwal | 77 | 8 | / |
| Purvale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Porwaal | 77 | 1 | / |
| Purball | 77 | 0 | / |
| Purvail | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pourvall | 71 | 2 | / |
| Porwol | 67 | 497 | / |
| Porwał | 67 | 36 | / |
| Pirval | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porwoll | 62 | 337 | / |
| Pierval | 62 | 11 | / |
| Pourvol | 62 | 9 | / |
| Poorval | 62 | 6 | / |
| Porvaal | 62 | 4 | / |
| Pirvall | 62 | 3 | / |
| Pourvgol | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pierrval | 57 | 1 | / |
| Porwoł | 50 | 1,069 | / |
| Porvol | 50 | 5 | / |
| Porwół | 50 | 1 | / |
Purwal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purwal in the Hindi language | ||
| पूर्वाल | purvala | 48 |
| पुर्वाल | purvala | 20 |
| पुरवाल | puravala | 20 |
| पूर्व्वाल | purvvala | 8 |
| पुव्वार्ल | puvvarla | 4 |
| Purwal in the Marathi language | ||
| पुरवाल | puravala | 40 |
| पुरवल | puravala | 40 |
| पूवर्ल | puvarla | 20 |
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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 Purwal
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