Purtle Surname

300,128th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,267 people bear this surname

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

Purtle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purtle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0261:353,27431,629
Australia1841:146,71615,637
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2711:185,30916,412

Purtle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purtle is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purtle? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purtle is the 300,128th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,751,812 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Purtle are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,026 people, or 1 in 353,274. In The United States Purtle is mostly concentrated in: Missouri, where 21 percent live, Arkansas, where 17 percent live and Texas, where 14 percent live. Barring The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 15 percent live and New Zealand, where 3 percent live.

Purtle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Purtle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Purtle surname expanded 379 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Purtle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Purtle are 17.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Purtle earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.57% more than the national average, earning $44,257 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.96% more than the national average, earning $51,154 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purtles920/
Purtile920/
Purtelle8612/
Pourtley861/
Pirtle836,844/
Portle8346/
Pourtless806/
Purtillea800/
Portley77597/
Pirtlie772/
Portlea771/
Pirrtle770/
Portelle7143/
Portille712/
Purtelli712/
Purtella711/
Pourtail711/
Purtilla711/
Pirtelle711/
Purthill710/
Portla673/
Portly671/
Pourtelli670/
Portail62850/
Porteil62102/
Porthel622/
Porteal621/
Portlla621/
Portilla5762,683/
Portella5714,075/
Portelli5710,700/
Portelly5736/
Portaill5712/
Porthill5711/
Portilli572/
Porttella535/
Portillia533/
Portilloa532/
Portillla531/
Portiella531/
Porttilla531/
Portillaj531/

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Purtle Reference & Research

Purtill FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Purtle
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis