Purgason Surname

453,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 747 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Purgason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purgason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7461:485,87041,063
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Purgason Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purgason is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purgason? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 453,909th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,755,751 people. The last name Purgason is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Purgason live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 746 people, or 1 in 485,870. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 33 percent reside, Texas, where 15 percent reside and Georgia, where 11 percent reside. Not including The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in Guatemala, where 0 percent reside.

Purgason Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Purgason has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Purgason last name grew 2,487 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purgason Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purgason last name are 36.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Purgason earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year.

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Purgason Reference & Research

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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 Purgason
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