Purseglove Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Purseglove Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Purslow,' a hundred in the county of Salop. Mr. Lower, with some show of reason, declares that Pursglove is a corrupted form.

1587. Thomas Purslowe, Salop: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Purseglove Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1141:488,75531,416
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England661:369,32422,972

Purseglove Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Purslow,' a hundred in the county of Salop. Mr. Lower, with some show of reason, declares that Pursglove is a corrupted form.

1587. Thomas Purslowe, Salop: Register of the University of Oxford.

1595- Thomas Barrowe and Elizabeth Purslowe: Marriage Lic. (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A hundred in Shropshire. The name has been modified to Purslove, and Purseglove, and this last has been matter for a little legend which may be found in English Surn. ii. 17.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Purslow, a hundred co. Salop. The name is doubtless the same with Parslow, which, if I mistake not, is a local name in Essex. See Law.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Purseglove Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purseglove is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purseglove? popularity and diffusion

The last name Purseglove is the 1,369,340th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Purseglove live; 71 percent live in Northern Europe and 71 percent live in British Isles.

Purseglove is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 488,755. In England it is mostly found in: Nottinghamshire, where 27 percent are found, Derbyshire, where 25 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 23 percent are found. Outside of England Purseglove exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Purseglove Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Purseglove has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 173 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Purseglove Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Purseglove surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

Purseglove earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.71% more than the national average, earning $49,066 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pursglove95816/
Purseglov950/
Purssglove906/
Parseglove901/
Persglove840/
Pierceglove760/
Paraskelova671/

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