Pursglove Surname

424,145th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 816 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pursglove 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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Pursglove Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6061:91,9449,880
United States1481:2,449,047150,246
Wales271:114,6128,773
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1171:208,33616,331
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Pursglove 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

Pursglove Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pursglove is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pursglove.

How Common Is The Last Name Pursglove? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 424,145th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,930,816 people. The surname Pursglove occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Pursglove are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Pursglove is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 606 people, or 1 in 91,944. In England it is most prevalent in: Derbyshire, where 21 percent are found, Lancashire, where 10 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 7 percent are found. Beside England Pursglove exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Wales, where 3 percent are found.

Pursglove Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pursglove has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Pursglove last name grew 518 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 822 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pursglove Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pursglove last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

Pursglove earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.82% more than the national average, earning $49,975 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purseglove95161/
Purssglove956/
Pursgloves950/
Purseglov890/
Persglove890/
Parseglove841/
Pierceglove700/
Priskalov6727/
Pryskalov6714/
Proskalov676/
Proskolov672/
Praskalov671/

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