Purney Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 4
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Purney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Purney family

Profession Census Frequency
Formely Pastrycook 1
Scholar 1
Stone Mason 1
Farmer Of 300 Acres Employing 8 Mae & 12 Boys 1
Solicitor's General Clerk 1
Tailoress 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Purney

Name Census Frequency
Mary Purney 9
George Purney 8
John Purney 7
Ellen Purney 6
Sarah Purney 6
Thomas Purney 6
William Purney 6
Ann Purney 4
Elizabeth Purney 4
Jane Purney 4
Louisa Purney 4
Albert Purney 3
Frances Purney 3
Henry Purney 3
Samuel Purney 3
Agnes Purney 2
Alexander Purney 2
Amy Purney 2
Arthur Purney 2
Blanche Purney 2
Catherine Purney 2
Charles Purney 2
Charlotte Purney 2
Emma Purney 2
Florence Purney 2

Purney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Purney 100% 142
2 Parney 83% 122

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

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