Purviance Surname

352,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,035 people bear this surname

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

Purviance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purviance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0211:355,00431,741
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3091:162,52014,796

Purviance Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purviance is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Purviance.

How Common Is The Last Name Purviance? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 352,108th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,041,107 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Purviance are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,021 people, or 1 in 355,004. In The United States Purviance is most numerous in: California, where 17 percent live, Missouri, where 8 percent live and Washington, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Purviance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Purviance has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Purviance surname grew 330 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purviance Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purviance surname are 20.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.71% registered with the party.

Purviance earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.82% less than the national average, earning $42,796 USD per year.

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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 Purviance
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