How common is the last name Purcell?

21,538 people in the United States have the last name Purcell, about 1 in 13,878. It ranks #1,620 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PURCELL

#1,620

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,538
About
1 in 13,878
This common or more
45.3%
Who bears it

Of the 21,538 people with the last name Purcell, 83.9% reported their origin as White, 6.5% as Black and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Purcell

#1,617 Valdes · 21,599#1,619 Milligan · 21,548#1,621 Dunham · 21,528#1,622 Connell · 21,526

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Purcell, most common first.

#12,424 Pursell · 2,385#23,557 Pursel · 1,112#58,829 Puricelli · 372#60,295 Purcella · 361#96,193 Purswell · 203#120,768 Purscell · 151#130,360 Purcel · 136

Also a first name

As a first name, Purcell ranks #34,440 of 53,615, with 237 people. See Purcell as a first name

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