Purssord Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Purssord Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purssord Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England951:586,50635,379
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304

Purssord Last Name Facts

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

Purssord is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purssord? popularity and diffusion

Purssord is the 1,785,358th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Purssord are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 586,506. In England Purssord is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 46 percent reside, Essex, where 28 percent reside and Cambridgeshire, where 6 percent reside. Not including England it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Purssord Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Purssord has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Purssord last name expanded 306 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pursord930/
Purssard881/
Pursor861/
Pursard801/
Poursour7537/
Poursard7526/
Pursar713/
Pourshour711/
Poursar6737/
Porssar671/
Purseur670/
Pourzard6320/
Purchard6318/
Pourzour6315/
Porshoor635/
Pourshar633/
Pourshahr59122/
Phorsaard591/
Pourchour591/
Pourjoohr591/
Purcar57832/
Pourshahar561/
Pourzar53817/
Pourjar536/
Purchar532/
Purjhar531/
Purchart5072/
Pourzare508/
Pourzgar501/
Purchare500/

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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 Purssord
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