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

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

How popular is Purves?

Purves is common in United States.

Purves is ranked 74132 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Purveses plummeted by 6.825397 per cent to 587 since 2000 and slipped by 3777 spots and ranked at 37848. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.59 98.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.21 0.95
Others 0.85 0
Purves is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 6011 people have been found who wears Purves as their family name. Purves is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
15,956 Venezuela3
119,730 Brazil3
4,138 Bahrain3
21,529 Singapore2
118,441 Germany2
147,165 Czech Republic2
1,500,361 India2
9,185 Hong Kong2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
8,430 Northern Ireland1
897,276 Russia1
53,033 Nigeria1
16,228 Bulgaria1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
20,172 Hungary1
4,942 Libya1
2,935 Madagascar1
8,268 Mauritius1
2,309 Monaco1
66,560 Philippines1
24,176 Qatar1
91,024 Belgium1
5,553 Taiwan1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
83,233 Spain16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Purves:
4,850 Canada917
943 Scotland866
10,560 South Africa603
6,208 Australia468
5,115 New Zealand149
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Purves:
4,326 England1,721
29,493 United States1,010
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Purves Namesakes

  • Barry Purves, Animator
  • Ted Purves, Artist
  • Libby Purves, Presenter
  • Barry Purves, Animator
  • Barry Purves, Animator
  • Libby Purves, Presenter
  • Peter Purves, Television presenter
  • Libby Purves, Presenter
  • Barry Purves, Animator
  • Christopher Purves, Musical Artist

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