Purvey 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 6
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 11
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Purvey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Purvey family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Tailoress 2
Tin Plate Worker 2
Independent 1
Smith 1
Male Servant 1
Lab 1
Coach Smith 1
Sawyer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Purvey

Name Census Frequency
William Purvey 46
Charles Purvey 44
Mary Purvey 35
John Purvey 24
Elizabeth Purvey 21
George Purvey 21
James Purvey 20
Sarah Purvey 20
Frank Purvey 18
Emma Purvey 16
Jane Purvey 14
Arthur Purvey 13
Ellen Purvey 13
Henry Purvey 13
Florence Purvey 12
Edward Purvey 11
Thomas Purvey 11
Eliza Purvey 10
Alfred Purvey 9
Annie Purvey 9
Emily Purvey 9
Ernest Purvey 9
Joseph Purvey 9
Rose Purvey 9
Alice Purvey 8

Purvey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Purvey 100% 632
2 Parvey 83% 184

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

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