Purkey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Purkey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Purkey

How popular is Purkey?

Purkey is common in United States.

Purkey is ranked 147867 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Purkey bearers increased by 6.153145 per cent in 2010 US census to 2329 since 2000, the surname slipped by 284 spots and ranked at 13142. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.58 94.26
Purkey is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 2560 people have been found who wears Purkey as their family name. Few people around the world have Purkey as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
289,511 England1
40,340 Malaysia1
123,175 Tanzania1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
144,062 Canada16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
Countries with thousands of Purkey:
13,878 United States2,467

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