The surname Puri
A Punjabi surname, carried by 2,005 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P600
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Odia ପୁରୀ (puri), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Compare to English polis (“a Greek city-state”). Doublet of puri and polis.
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,005 people named Puri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,988 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,259.
Who is named Puri
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Puri identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.1%
- Two or more races 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Puri come from?
- Borrowed from Odia ପୁରୀ (puri), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Compare to English polis (“a Greek city-state”). Doublet of puri and polis.
- How common is the surname Puri?
- 2,005 people in the United States had the surname Puri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,988 Americans. It ranked 14,799th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Puri?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Puri identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Puri getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,005 in 2010, up 59%.