Purewall Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Purewall Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purewall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:1,114,36153,243
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Scotland271:198,29010,618
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Wales81:386,81619,671
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Purewall Last Name Facts

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

Purewall is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purewall? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purewall is the 1,527,735th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Purewall occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Purewall live; 63 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in British Isles.

Purewall is most frequent in England, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England it is most numerous in: Wiltshire, where 40 percent are found, Berkshire, where 26 percent are found and Warwickshire, where 12 percent are found. Outside of England it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 24 percent are found and Scotland, where 20 percent are found.

Purewall Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purewall surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Purewall earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.8% less than the national average, earning $49,288 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purewal933,985/
Pureval8071/
Purawal8025/
Puriwal807/
Porewal803/
Pourawal758/
Paureval755/
Purevale755/
Phurawal751/
Pouriwal751/
Puraval6795/
Purival6716/
Poreval6713/
Piriwal672/
Pirawal672/
Pauraval6316/
Pooreval634/
Pierreval5921/
Piraval5348/
Porival539/
Pirival533/
Phiraval501/

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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 Purewall
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