Purce is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Purce
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Purce

How popular is Purce?

Purce is ranked 631516 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Purce bearers increased by 3.092783 per cent in 2010 US census to 200 since 2000, the surname slipped by 3156 spots and ranked at 91981. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 45.5 44.85
White 43 47.42
Others 10.5 6.7
Purce is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Northern Ireland have the last name. Around 333 people have been found who wears Purce as their family name. Few people around the world have Purce as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
59,967 Moldova4
1,819 Laos1
810,193 Indonesia1
277,603 France1
897,276 Russia1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
107,506 England27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,536 Northern Ireland83
Countries with hundreds of Purce:
104,350 United States214

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mrs Purce worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 38 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Alice Wilson and arrived on July 21, 1849. Ann Purce (16) Immigrant, Thomas Purce, aged 13, Maria Purce (Born at sea) Infant, William Purce (26) Workman, Margt. Purce (24), are others that migrated to US.

Purce Namesakes

  • Robert Purcell, Businessman
  • Alana Purcell, Film director
  • Steve Purcell, Film director
  • Alix Purcell, Screenwriter
  • Bill Purcell, Former Mayor of Nashville
  • Dominic Purcell, Actor
  • Mariquita Purcell, Actress
  • William Gray Purcell, Architect
  • Kerry William Purcell, Author
  • Bennie Purcell, Basketball Player

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