How rare is the last name Purnell?

8,238 people in the United States have the last name Purnell, about 1 in 36,283. It ranks #4,163 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PURNELL

#4,163

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,238
About
1 in 36,283
This common or more
56.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,238 people with the last name Purnell, 59.5% reported their origin as Black, 31.1% as White and 5.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Purnell

#4,161 Arsenault · 8,240#4,161 Mount · 8,240#4,164 Pannell · 8,233#4,165 Lovejoy · 8,231

Also a first name

As a first name, Purnell ranks #23,988 of 53,615, with 405 people. See Purnell as a first name

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