Purslowe Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Purslowe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purslowe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia441:613,53943,545
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Purslowe Last Name Facts

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

Purslowe occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purslowe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,944,094th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. Purslowe is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Purslowe reside; 100 percent reside in Australasia and 100 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most numerous in Australia, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 613,539. In Australia Purslowe is primarily found in: Western Australia, where 98 percent live and New South Wales, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purslow931,235/
Purslove8840/
Pursley805,827/
Purslaw800/
Purselley71236/
D'Pursley711/
Pursellei711/
Purscelley6780/
Porsley6736/
Pursselley6713/
Poursillie677/
Purcley672/
Pirsley670/
Piersley630/
Purcelley5921/
Purcillie591/
Pourcillie5654/
Pourcellie560/
Pourclau502/

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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 Purslowe
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