Purling Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Purling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England891:626,04636,944
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

The alternate forms: Pürling (46) are calculated separately.

Purling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purling is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered as a variant: Pürling. For other possible spellings of Purling click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,453,389th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name Purling is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Purling reside; 61 percent reside in Northern Europe and 61 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 626,046. In England Purling is most frequent in: Norfolk, where 49 percent are found, Oxfordshire, where 15 percent are found and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 15 percent are found. Apart from England it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Purling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Purling has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Purling surname grew 330 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 208 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Purling are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Purling earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.4% less than the national average, earning $42,544 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pürling9546/
Puerling9388/
Purlings930/
Purlin927/
Purlina86111/
Pirling8697/
Porling8624/
Pourlin862/
Purlienė8056/
Pierling8020/
Poerling805/
Porlin772/
Purlene711/
Porln671/

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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 Purling
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