Purkiser Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

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

Purkiser Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purkiser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States891:4,072,572219,877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Purkiser Last Name Facts

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

Purkiser occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Purkiser click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purkiser? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,980,395th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Purkiser are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 4,072,572. In The United States Purkiser is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 34 percent reside, Ohio, where 31 percent reside and Florida, where 15 percent reside.

Purkiser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Purkiser has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Purkiser surname expanded 445 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purkiser Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purkiser surname are 40.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.5% registered with the party.

Purkiser earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.22% more than the national average, earning $53,167 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purkhiser94262/
Purkheiser893/
Purkhisere890/
Purkhise882/
Purkizer880/
Pirkhiser821/
Purkisa801/
Purchise751/
Purchese6373/
Purchize634/
Pourkeshi591/
Porquese501/

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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 Purkiser
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