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 surname Purgason has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Purgason.

How Common Is The Last Name Purgason? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 453,909th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,755,751 people. 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.

Purgason is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 746 people, or 1 in 485,870. In The United States Purgason is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 33 percent reside, Texas, where 15 percent reside and Georgia, where 11 percent reside. Barring The United States Purgason is found 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 who held the Purgason surname rose 2,487 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purgason Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purgason surname are 36.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.67% being registered to vote for the 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis