Purtell Surname

153,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,873 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Purtell Surname Definition:

Woulfe states that Purtill is derived from a place called Porthill, forming the surname de Porthill.

I have met no instance of this in any mediaeval or modern record; nor is Porthill or Purtill to be found in the standard works on British surnames such as Reaney, Bardsley and Weekley.

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Purtell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1461:168,90017,095
Australia4451:60,6647,336
Canada1111:331,94230,257
England521:1,071,50151,923
Israel361:237,71222,042
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland531:83,5825,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2811:178,71415,946

Purtell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Woulfe states that Purtill is derived from a place called Porthill, forming the surname de Porthill.

I have met no instance of this in any mediaeval or modern record; nor is Porthill or Purtill to be found in the standard works on British surnames such as Reaney, Bardsley and Weekley. In Ireland, at any rate Purtill and Purtell are forms of Purcell. Its variants Purshell and Purscell, found in some seventeenth century documents, could have become Purtell in speech and subsequently been so written. This is corroborated by a Fiant of 1601 in which we find Robert Reogh Purtell, Garret Purcell and William FitzJohn Purcell all resident in the same part of Co. Limerick; and coming to modern times the return of Clare freeholders for 1821has thirteen Purtills in the barony of Moyarta and only one Purcell. Official records of the Registrar-General show that some families in Co. Clare have used Purcell and Purtill synonymously. I can also add from local knowledge that Purtill is currently pronounced Purcill in Co.

Clare. As Purtill the name was formerly numerous in Co. Tipperary: there were seventeen householders so called in South Tipperary at the time Griffith's Valuation was carried out in 1850 and Edmund Purtil of Cahir, Co. Tipperary, is mentioned in the British Museum catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts (1865).

Purcell, which is numerous in Clare as well as in most counties of Munster and Co. Kilkenny, is dealt with in Irish Families (pp 248-249), where many famous men of the name are mentioned: as Purtill it has not been prominent.

Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Purtell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purtell has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Purtell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 153,066th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,536,563 people. The last name Purtell occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Purtell reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,146 people, or 1 in 168,900. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 11 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 8 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Purtell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Purtell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Purtell last name grew 764 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 289 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 45 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Purtell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Purtell surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Purtell are 13.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.35% registered with the political party.

The amount Purtell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.8% less than the national average, earning R 105,036 per year; in United States they earn 14.66% more than the national average, earning $49,473 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.77% more than the national average, earning $50,064 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phurtell933/
Purtel9211/
Portell863,002/
Purtill861,485/
Paurtel861/
Purtiel860/
Purtl831/
Pourtiel801/
Piertell800/
Purthill800/
Portel771,973/
Pirtel7729/
Purtil775/
Portill7114/
Portiel713/
Pirtill711/
Portl67117/
Pirtl671/
Portil62148/
Pürtül6215/
Piertil572/

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Purtell Reference & Research

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