Purfield Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Purfield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 178 | 1:2,036,286 | 130,241 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| Ireland | 53 | 1:88,848 | 5,029 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 54 | 1:82,035 | 5,702 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
Purfield Demographics
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Purfield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purfield Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purfield occurs most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Purfield? popularity and diffusion
The last name Purfield is the 853,416th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. Purfield occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Purfield reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 2,036,286. In The United States Purfield is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 25 percent are found, New Jersey, where 13 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Purfield exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and Ireland, where 17 percent are found.
Purfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Purfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Purfield surname grew 379 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 263 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 2 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Purfield Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Purfield surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Purfield surname are 11.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.78% being registered with the party.
The amount Purfield earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.73% more than the national average, earning $44,758 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.7% less than the national average, earning $46,352 CAD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Purfield
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