Last Name PURCELL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The porcel. Old French 'porc,' a pork, a hog; diminutive 'porcell,' a young pig. This name with its variants is very well known in the United States. It went out with the Pilgrim Fathers.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 1,517 (2000 US census) 1,553 (1990 US census)
Count 21,696 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.94%, or 19296 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.04%, or 1310 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.13%, or 245 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.49%, or 106 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.46%, or 317 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.94%, or 421 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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Shortest last names

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