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 more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Puryś. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purys? popularity and diffusion
Purys is the 663,740th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. The last name Purys is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Purys reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 105,621. In Ukraine Purys is most numerous in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 29 percent are found, Sumy Oblast, where 15 percent are found and Odessa Oblast, where 12 percent are found. Barring Ukraine Purys exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Purys
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