Purys Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Purys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 431 | 1:105,621 | 15,103 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 1:505,765 | 19,342 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Puryś (1) are calculated separately.
Purys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purys (Russian: Пурыс) is found most in Ukraine. It can be found as: Puryś. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Purys? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 663,740th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Purys are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 105,621. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 29 percent are found, Sumy Oblast, where 15 percent are found and Odessa Oblast, where 12 percent are found. Beside Ukraine this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 3 percent are found and Lithuania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Purys Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purys in the Russian language | ||
| Пурыс | purys | - |
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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 Purys
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