Purchase Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Purchase Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Purchase family

Profession Census Frequency
School 159
Farm Labourer 16
Private Means 14
None 9
School Boy 9
Assisting In The Business 9
General Labourer 9
Laundress 7
Dressmaker 7
Farmer 7
Carpenter 6
Bricklayer 6
No Occupation 6
Labourer 6
Clerk 5
Bricklayers Labourer 5
Domestic Servant 5
Milliner 5
Errand Boy 5
At School 4
General Servant Domestic 4
General Servant (domestic) 4
House Duties 4
House Painter 4
Hawker 4

Purchase Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Purchase 100% 7,507
2 Purchas 88% 1,178
3 Purches 75% 745

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The surname Purchase is the most popular version of all its varients

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