Purple Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Purple Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 118 | 1:472,187 | 30,747 |
| Israel | 80 | 1:106,970 | 12,128 |
| Iran | 23 | 1:3,338,371 | 97,100 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 219 | 1:229,309 | 19,344 |
Purple (252) may also be a first name.
Purple Demographics
Average Purple Salary in
England
£31,548
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Purple Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purple Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purple (Arabic: بيربل) occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purple? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,001,271st most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Purple reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 47 percent reside in British Isles. Purple is also the 561,423rd most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 252 people.
It is most frequent in England, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 472,187. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Norfolk, where 44 percent live, Leicestershire, where 19 percent live and Oxfordshire, where 8 percent live. Barring England this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 31 percent live and Iran, where 9 percent live.
Purple Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Purple has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Purple last name increased 288 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Purple Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.
Purple earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 5.26% less than the national average, earning $47,068 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Purple Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purple in the Arabic language | ||
| بيربل | byrbl | - |
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Purple Reference & Research
Purple One-name Study - A profile of the Purple surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
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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 Purple
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis