Purchas Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Purchas Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Purchas family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 20
Daughter 4
Labourer 2
General Servant 2
Carter 2
Chairman Church Of England 1
Chairman's Wife 1
Curator To The Cambridge Philosophical Society 1
Fund Holder Freeholder 1
Landed Proprietor 1
Shop Keeper 1
Shop Boy 1
Needle Work 1
Fund Holder 1
Grocer 1
House Servant 1
Shoe Maker Apprentice 1
Civil Engineer 1
Bankers Clerk 1
Commercial Traveller 1
Commercial Traveller's Wife 1
Railway Engine Fitter 1
Solicitor 1
Solicitor Articled Clerk 1
Solicitor Wife 1

Purchas Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Purchase 88% 7,507
2 Purchas 100% 1,178
3 Purches 86% 745

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The surname Purchas is the 2nd most popular variant of Purchase.

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