Purchese Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Purchese Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. Purchase (eager pursuit). One of a class of names given to pursuivants, messengers, heralds, couriers, &c. (v. Swift, Lightfoot); compare.
Bonaventure, also a pursuivant title.
Geoffrey Purchaz, Devon, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnamePurchese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Purchese Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. Purchase (eager pursuit). One of a class of names given to pursuivants, messengers, heralds, couriers, &c. (v. Swift, Lightfoot); compare.
Bonaventure, also a pursuivant title.
Geoffrey Purchaz, Devon, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
John Purkace, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Adam Purcas, servant of the (late) Black Prince': Close Rolls, 14 Richard II.
Roger Purcheiz, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
'Purchace the Pursuivant': Wars of England in France, Henry VI, 'v. index).
1620. Baptised — Henry, s. William Purchase: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1763. Married — Thomas Warner and Susanna Parches: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Latin) a nickname from the Middle English purchasen (hence Middle English purchas, booty, gain), Old French purchacer (French pourchasser), to pursue eagerly; Latin pro, and captare, to catch] And bothe we goon abouten oure purchas.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, D 1530.
Many lands and tenements throughout England bear this designation, and from some one or more of them we probably get the surname.
From Purkiss, corrupted from Perkins; from Perkin, a diminutive of Pierre.
Purchese Demographics
Average Purchese Salary in
England
£29,356
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Purchese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purchese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purchese occurs most in England. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purchese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,220,661st most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Purchese is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Purchese reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in British Isles.
Purchese is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 784,761. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Surrey, where 18 percent live, Greater London, where 15 percent live and Kent, where 14 percent live. Apart from England Purchese occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Purchese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Purchese has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Purchese last name grew 1,014 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purches | 93 | 444 | / |
| Purchase | 88 | 7,484 | / |
| Purchess | 88 | 44 | / |
| Purchise | 88 | 1 | / |
| Purchies | 88 | 1 | / |
| Purces | 86 | 6 | / |
| Purchasse | 82 | 0 | / |
| Purchis | 80 | 91 | / |
| Porches | 80 | 17 | / |
| Purcess | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pourchasse | 78 | 308 | / |
| Purkheiser | 78 | 3 | / |
| Pourchez | 75 | 302 | / |
| Purchiss | 75 | 8 | / |
| Purchize | 75 | 4 | / |
| Purchace | 75 | 2 | / |
| Purkhise | 75 | 2 | / |
| Porchesa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Purchasi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porchess | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pirchase | 75 | 0 | / |
| Porces | 71 | 8 | / |
| Purjes | 71 | 7 | / |
| Purcis | 71 | 5 | / |
| Purses | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pourchish | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pourhetsh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purges | 71 | 0 | / |
| Porchez | 67 | 75 | / |
| Porchis | 67 | 27 | / |
| Purgess | 67 | 9 | / |
| Purjesz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pursich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Porceis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purzych | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purgich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porrces | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paurzes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourhis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purzeas | 67 | 0 | / |
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