Cognomen Puranen (Puranen 
) , in the world, is quite a rare family name. The cognomen Puranen is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Finland, where it is quite a common surname, Sweden, where it is quite a rare surname, and Estonia, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Finland, Sweden, and the United States.
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| Puranen | Estonia, Canada, Sweden, United States, Finland |
| anna puranen (b. 1885) |
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| maunu puranen Finnish professor, FI (b. 1914) |
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| otto puranen (b. 1916) |
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| erkki puranen FI (b. 1921) |
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| bi puranen Swedish economist, SE (b. 1951) |
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| jorma puranen Finnish photographer, FI (b. 1951) |
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| antero puranen Finnish javelin thrower, FI (b. 1952) |
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| tapani puranen composer, FI (b. 1957) |
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| kimmo puranen fencer, FI (b. 1958) |
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| lauri puranen Finnish major general, FI (b. 1959) |
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| silja puranen Finnish textile artist, FI (b. 1961) |
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| jukka puranen chess player (b. 1967) |
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| aleksi puranen Finnish film director and screenwriter, FI (b. 1978) |
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| tuukka puranen Ph.D. Jyväskylän yliopisto 2011, FI |
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| santeri puranen researcher |
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