Pürner Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pürner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pürner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1801:447,25339,773
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Purner (505) are calculated separately.

Pürner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pürner Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pürner occurs most in Germany. It can also be found as: Purner. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pürner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,263,456th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pürner live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pürner is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 447,253. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 91 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent reside and Hesse, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Pürner is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purner94505/
Pirner832,044/
Porner83125/
Poerner77556/
Puerner77253/
Purzner77116/
Pierner77112/
Porzner7795/
Pourner7769/
Pfurner7734/
Pornier772/
Purnier771/
Peurner771/
Purne73601/
Pirne733/
Pournier713/
Pournehr711/
Pfoerner710/
Pirnie67684/
Pirnea67244/
Pierne67198/
Purney67194/
Purnea6726/
Purnie674/
Pirney672/
Pirnej671/
Pirneh671/
Pirnei671/
Purnee671/
Pirneu671/

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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 Pürner
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