Purcocks Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Purcocks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purcocks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
England261:2,143,00282,017
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Purcocks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purcocks is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Purcocks.

How Common Is The Last Name Purcocks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purcocks is the 2,034,059th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Purcocks reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,083,554. In South Africa Purcocks is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 44 percent live, Western Cape, where 24 percent live and Limpopo, where 18 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Purcocks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Purcocks has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Purcocks last name expanded 433 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Purcocks Last Name Statistics demography

Purcocks earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.31% more than the national average, earning R 361,956 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prikockis7138/
Purcukyas716/
Prikockas712/
Brcoks711/
Prigockis711/
Progkas6721/
Purkacs672/
Percuks672/
Porcuks671/
Pourchoux5968/
Purkag571/
Pourkak531/
Pourkagh5012/
Pourkhak5010/

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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 Purcocks
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