Purcill Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Purcill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purcill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:126,5687,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:660,77243,333

Purcill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purcill is found most frequently in Australia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Purcill.

How Common Is The Last Name Purcill? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Purcill reside; 75 percent reside in Australasia and 75 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Purcill is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 2,249,642. In Australia it is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 83 percent are found and Queensland, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Australia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Purcill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Purcill has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Purcill last name declined 94 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 99 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purcill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Purcill last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purcil92130/
Purcll921/
Purcell8656,680/
Purciel8628/
Purgill8616/
Pursill862/
Purchil860/
Purkill860/
Peurcll860/
Purcl838/
Purscell80217/
Pourciel8076/
Purchell8068/
Purczell806/
Pourcell803/
Peurcell803/
Porciell801/
Purceell800/
Purrcell800/
Purcelll800/
Purcel773,705/
Porcil77257/
Pourcl771/
Purjil771/
Pursil771/
Purschell757/
Pursell713,761/
Pourcel711,067/
Porcell71445/
Porciel71389/
Purchel71247/
Purgiel71135/
Purcsel7128/
Pourgil7121/
Purczel7116/
Purzell711/
Purcellová711/
Purceel710/
Purssell67228/
Pourchel67132/
Purczeld67114/
Purkl6771/
Purschel6736/
Puršl6731/
Purczelt678/
Purczellová673/
Purshell672/
Pursl671/
Purczellova671/
Poorciel671/
Purzl670/
Purcheld670/
Purrsell670/

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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
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  • 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 Purcill
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