Pürçek Surname

458,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 737 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Pürçek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pürçek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey7361:105,7369,098
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Pürcek (3) & Purcek (1) are calculated separately.

Pürçek Last Name Facts

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

Pürçek is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Pürcek or Purcek. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pürçek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 458,583rd most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,888,122 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Pürçek reside; 90 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Pürçek is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 736 people, or 1 in 105,736. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 27 percent reside, Ordu Province, where 14 percent reside and Gaziantep Province, where 8 percent reside. Barring Turkey Pürçek occurs in one country. It is also common in Ukraine, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pürcek943/
Purcek891/
Pirçek83807/
Bürçek83242/
Preçeku771/
Prček7377/
Pršek7317/
Prcek7315/
Prsek735/
Presk730/
Prasek671,424/
Procek671,178/
Prášek671,009/
Prosek67968/
Prusek67863/
Prošek67709/
Birçek67493/
Praček67290/
Preske67193/
Presky67171/
Prucek67161/
Porcek67143/
Preski67139/
Průšek67119/
Presko67110/
Preska6794/
Pracek6779/
Persek6778/
Parsek6766/
Proček6750/
Precek6746/
Pirzek6742/
Pyrcek6738/
Prušek6733/
Presek6720/
Presak6718/
Pircek6718/
Pryček6713/
Prašek6712/
Preška6711/
Prešek675/
Parcek674/
Prišek673/
Poršek673/
Preßke672/
Prisek672/
Prýsek672/
Presik672/
Precyk671/
Proßek671/
Prysek671/
Práček671/
Pursek671/
Pirsek671/
Percek670/
Pricek670/

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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 Pürçek
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