Puurula Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Puurula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 276 | 1:19,916 | 2,820 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Puurula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puurula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puurula is found most in Finland. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Puurula click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puurula? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 914,967th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Puurula reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly used in Finland, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 19,916. In Finland it is most prevalent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 29 percent live, Central Finland, where 19 percent live and Uusimaa, where 19 percent live. Aside from Finland Puurula exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purula | 92 | 2 | / |
| Purulla | 86 | 360 | / |
| Purutla | 86 | 113 | / |
| Puurila | 86 | 33 | / |
| Purulia | 86 | 20 | / |
| Purgula | 86 | 14 | / |
| Putrula | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pouroula | 80 | 7 | / |
| Purullah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Purgulla | 80 | 1 | / |
| Purola | 77 | 347 | / |
| Pirula | 77 | 86 | / |
| Purila | 77 | 10 | / |
| Porula | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pouroulas | 75 | 20 | / |
| Pourullah | 75 | 13 | / |
| Pourrullah | 71 | 34 | / |
| Purilay | 71 | 24 | / |
| Puirola | 71 | 14 | / |
| Paurola | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pirulla | 71 | 7 | / |
| Purolla | 71 | 6 | / |
| Paurila | 71 | 3 | / |
| Porhula | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pourila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purrola | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purrila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poraula | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porulla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puruley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pirullah | 67 | 98 | / |
| Purrolla | 67 | 42 | / |
| Purollah | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pierulla | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Puurula
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