Purcells Surname
Approximately 1 people bear this surname
Purcells Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Purcells Demographics
Purcells Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Purcells Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purcells Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purcells has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purcells? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 14,316,765th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Purcells is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Purcells live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 362,458,933. In The United States Purcells is mostly found in: New York, where 100 percent reside.
Purcells Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Purcells has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Purcells surname fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Purcells Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Purcells last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Purcells
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