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 last name Purchese occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Purchese.
How Common Is The Last Name Purchese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,220,661st most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Purchese live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.
This last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 784,761. In England it is most frequent in: Surrey, where 18 percent are found, Greater London, where 15 percent are found and Kent, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account England this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Purchese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Purchese has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing 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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