Purcelle Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Purcelle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purcelle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Purcelle (25) may also be a first name.

Purcelle Last Name Facts

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

Purcelle occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purcelle? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Purcelle occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Purcelle live; 75 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. Purcelle is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 25 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States Purcelle is most frequent in: Maryland, where 29 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 18 percent reside and California, where 12 percent reside. Aside from The United States Purcelle is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Trinidad and Tobago, where 13 percent reside and Barbados, where 4 percent reside.

Purcelle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Purcelle has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 113 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purcelle Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purcelle surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the party.

Purcelle earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.93% less than the national average, earning $33,688 USD per year.

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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 Purcelle
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