Purselley Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

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

Purselley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purselley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2351:1,542,378104,414
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Purselley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purselley is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purselley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Purselley is the 1,058,336th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Purselley are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 1,542,378. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 68 percent reside, Arizona, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 4 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Venezuela, where 0 percent reside.

Purselley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Purselley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Purselley last name rose 4,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purselley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Purselley surname are 15.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.22% registered with the party.

Purselley earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.69% more than the national average, earning $44,308 USD per year.

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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 Purselley
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