Purch Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Purch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Guyana11:762,22114,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Purch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purch is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purch? popularity and diffusion

The last name Purch is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Purch occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Purch live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Purch is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 50 percent live, Minnesota, where 25 percent live and Texas, where 25 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 29 percent live and Guyana, where 14 percent live.

Purch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Purch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Purch last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purch Last Name Statistics demography

Purch earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pursch91692/
Purche9117/
Pourch9116/
Purtch911/
Paurch910/
Purc89326/
Pursche831,175/
Puhrsch8315/
Purtsch834/
Pourche833/
Purchse832/
Purscht830/
Poursch830/
Porch804,786/
Pirch80942/
Purce80295/
Purhe80152/
Pursh8087/
Purci8039/
Purcz8039/
Purkh8013/
Purkhe73148/
Poursh73142/
Poerch7316/
Pierch733/
Pürsch733/
Purshe732/
Purtsh731/
Poorch731/
Pourkh731/
Paursh731/
Pource730/
Peurce730/
Purschová7134/
Porc67311/
Portsch67100/
Purz6770/
Purš6758/
Purs6756/
Purč6740/
Purj671/
Purć671/

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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 Purch
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