Pursehouse 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 4
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 37
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 29

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Pursehouse Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pursehouse family

Profession Census Frequency
School 11
Edge Tool Forger 2
Attending School 1
Furnace Man 1
Street Iron Worker 1
Cleaner 1
Coachman 1
Retired Dressmaker 1
A Carter Coal 1
Agricultural Implement Maker 1
Ass Gas Fithing Plumber 1
Carter Of Table Blacher 1
Coal Miner Hewer 1
Domestic 1
Edge Tool Farger 1
Foreman Builder 1
Home Duty 1
Labourer General 1
No Accont 1
School Boy 1
Trained Certificated Head Teacher 1
Gardener (domestic) 1
At Home 1
Blacksmith, Shoeing Smith 1
Clerk 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pursehouse

Name Census Frequency
Mary Pursehouse 19
William Pursehouse 15
Thomas Pursehouse 14
Henry Pursehouse 12
Albert Pursehouse 8
Alice Pursehouse 8
John Pursehouse 8
Sarah Pursehouse 7
Walter Pursehouse 7
Charles Pursehouse 6
Elizabeth Pursehouse 6
James Pursehouse 6
Joseph Pursehouse 6
Richard Pursehouse 5
Harry Pursehouse 4
Clara Pursehouse 3
Ellen Pursehouse 3
George Pursehouse 3
Jane Pursehouse 3
Maud Pursehouse 3
Paul Pursehouse 3
Ada Pursehouse 2
Annie Pursehouse 2
Bertie Pursehouse 2
Catherine Pursehouse 2

Pursehouse Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Purshouse 90% 317
2 Pursehouse 100% 220
3 Pershouse 80% 209
4 Pearshouse 70% 190

Did you know?

The surname Pursehouse is the 2nd most popular variant of Purshouse.

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