Purser is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Purser
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Purser

How popular is Purser?

Purser is common in England.

Purser is ranked 59446 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Purser bearers increased by 4.572271 per cent in 2010 US census to 3545 since 2000, the surname slipped by 320 spots and ranked at 9199. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.62 93.57
Hispanic or Latino 3.05 2.06
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.51 2.27
Others 1.44 1.12
Black 0.99 0.65
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.39 0.32
Purser is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while England is ahead in terms of density. Around 7780 people have been found who wears Purser as their family name. Purser is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
381,097 Ukraine4
184,212 France3
9,097 Wales3
723,167 Indonesia2
91,784 Netherlands2
10,284 Kuwait2
9,185 Hong Kong2
65,594 Belgium2
31,584 Peru1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
50,549 Georgia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,613 The Bahamas1
81,201 Switzerland1
40,340 Malaysia1
153,416 Italy1
2,057 Isle of Man1
25,746 Finland1
49,101 Denmark1
2,374 Bermuda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,338 Norway20
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,457 New Zealand97
5,848 Scotland92
4,128 Ireland87
Countries with hundreds of Purser:
4,232 Australia711
15,916 Canada233
32,575 South Africa164
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Purser:
8,843 United States4,200
3,793 England1,990
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Purser worked as and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 47 years old embarked for Boston from London on Wenham and arrived on May 5, 1849. Toby Purser, aged 44, 20 years old James Purser, 17 years old Ellen Purser, Farmer Pat Purser, Farmer Mary Purser, Johnny Purser, aged 9, Catherine Purser, aged 18, Immigrant Margt. Purser, and 1 other Purser around 66.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as workman migrated to US.

Purser Namesakes

  • John Purser, Composer
  • Con Purser, Soccer player
  • Philip Purser-Hallard, Author
  • Philip Purser, Novelist

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