| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 48 |
| Berkshire | 3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 17 |
| Cornwall | 1 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 3 |
| Devon | 7 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 3 |
| Essex | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 3 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 15 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 6 |
| Lancashire | 47 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 134 |
| Middlesex | 2 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 2 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 52 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 2 |
| Surrey | 4 |
| Sussex | 3 |
| Staffordshire | 59 |
| Warwickshire | 24 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 32 |
| Yorkshire | 8 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 3 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 8 |
| Monmouthshire | 5 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 50 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 14 |
| Labourer | 10 |
| Lace Maker | 7 |
| Laundress | 5 |
| Cooper | 5 |
| General Servant | 4 |
| Shoe Maker | 4 |
| Domestic Servant | 4 |
| Boot Maker | 4 |
| Dress Maker | 4 |
| Seamstress | 4 |
| Servant | 4 |
| Clerk | 3 |
| Porter | 3 |
| Carpenter | 3 |
| Children Of Clerk Of Board Of Works | 3 |
| Dressmaker | 3 |
| Independent | 3 |
| Millers Son | 3 |
| Coal Miner | 3 |
| Publican | 2 |
| Traveller | 2 |
| Glass Maker | 2 |
| Potter | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Pursell | 221 |
| Mary Pursell | 212 |
| John Pursell | 196 |
| Elizabeth Pursell | 161 |
| Thomas Pursell | 145 |
| James Pursell | 120 |
| Sarah Pursell | 115 |
| Joseph Pursell | 86 |
| George Pursell | 82 |
| Edward Pursell | 79 |
| Ann Pursell | 75 |
| Jane Pursell | 66 |
| Henry Pursell | 65 |
| Eliza Pursell | 63 |
| Ellen Pursell | 62 |
| Emma Pursell | 50 |
| Samuel Pursell | 45 |
| Charles Pursell | 37 |
| Alfred Pursell | 36 |
| Margaret Pursell | 36 |
| Alice Pursell | 30 |
| Hannah Pursell | 30 |
| Harriet Pursell | 30 |
| Robert Pursell | 30 |
| Annie Pursell | 29 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purcell | 86% | 10,824 |
| 2 | Pearsall | 63% | 4,799 |
| 3 | Pursell | 100% | 3,152 |
| 4 | Parsell | 86% | 1,273 |
| 5 | Purssell | 88% | 814 |
| 6 | Pursall | 86% | 728 |
| 7 | Purcel | 71% | 432 |
| 8 | Parsall | 71% | 178 |
| 9 | Persall | 71% | 105 |
The surname Pursell is the 3rd most popular variant of Purcell.