Purwien Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Purwien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 66 | 1:1,219,780 | 78,810 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
Purwien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purwien Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purwien is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purwien? popularity and diffusion
Purwien is the 2,203,767th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname Purwien occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Purwien are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Purwien is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 1,219,780. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent are found, Bremen, where 12 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 9 percent are found and Jamaica, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purwin | 92 | 1,621 | / |
| Purween | 86 | 4 | / |
| Purwing | 86 | 2 | / |
| Purwean | 86 | 1 | / |
| Paurwin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Purwn | 83 | 2 | / |
| Purvienė | 80 | 45 | / |
| Purweein | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pirwin | 77 | 17 | / |
| Porwen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Porwin | 77 | 4 | / |
| Purwiń | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pirwen | 77 | 3 | / |
| Puruen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Purbin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Purveen | 71 | 89 | / |
| Puruean | 71 | 83 | / |
| Phuruen | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pirween | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pourben | 71 | 7 | / |
| Porween | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purbeen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purvein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phuruean | 67 | 302 | / |
| Puurveen | 67 | 8 | / |
| Purwnowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purvaine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poerween | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phurueang | 63 | 106 | / |
| Piruin | 62 | 1 | / |
| Poruen | 62 | 1 | / |
| Phutrueang | 59 | 7 | / |
| Poruean | 57 | 103 | / |
| Purvayn | 57 | 7 | / |
| Pooruen | 57 | 4 | / |
| Phoruen | 57 | 3 | / |
| Porhuean | 53 | 37 | / |
| Porvejan | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pooruean | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Purwien
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