Purra

surname · Latin script

Meaning: to bite (cut into something by clamping the teeth; attack with teeth)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Purra is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 12M(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 36K
  • SESweden1 in 729K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

155 people

Sources
27 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

to bite (cut into something by clamping the teeth; attack with teeth)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Purra counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Purra is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland1551 in 36K155—1
IN India1101 in 12M110Purra27
ES Spain331 in 1.5M33——
SE Sweden141 in 729K14——
EE Estonia——listed——

155 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Purra is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Finland

    Also written Purrà, Purrã

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Germany, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Purrà

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written প্ররা

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Purra is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Spanish, inflection of purrir:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, to call (rouse from sleep, awaken)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Faroese, testicle

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In izh, to bite

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Purra
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—155#9,105
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—110#26,727
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—72#28,299
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—72—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—33#59,039
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—33#58,864
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—14#31,477

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Purra mean, and where does it come from?
to bite (cut into something by clamping the teeth; attack with teeth) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Purra have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 155 people named Purra, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Purra most common?
Purra is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 36 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Purra?
In Finland, the national register counted 155 people named Purra, about 1 in 36 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Purra”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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