Purifoy Surname

158,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,759 people bear this surname

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

Purifoy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purifoy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7471:131,94713,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3431:146,41013,670

Purifoy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purifoy is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purifoy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purifoy is the 158,351st most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,641,372 people. The last name Purifoy is mostly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Purifoy reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2,747 people, or 1 in 131,947. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Arkansas, where 20 percent live, Alabama, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States Purifoy occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.

Purifoy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Purifoy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Purifoy surname grew 801 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purifoy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purifoy last name are 2.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.92% being registered to vote for the political party.

Purifoy earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.83% less than the national average, earning $35,022 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peurifoy93398/
Puriefoy9342/
Purifoye9322/
Pureifoy9315/
Purify9296/
Purifo922/
Purefoy86370/
Purifay866/
Purifoi864/
Purifey862/
Purifuy861/
Pureify861/
Purifoz860/
Puroify860/
Purefoey8016/
Pureifoi801/
Purrefoy800/
Peurefoy800/
Purefy773/
Purifie7152/
Pourifi711/
Pourifayes711/
Purisfi711/
Purefoi711/
Pourhifiz638/
Pirifa626/
Porifau5730/
Poriefi5729/
Purevfi571/
Pirifaa571/
Pourrefi53103/
Puriphai534/
Pourhaheifat531/
Phuriphat5077/

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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 Purifoy
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