Last Name PURDON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Purdon or Purden.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 32,161 (2000 US census) 31,305 (1990 US census)
Count 676 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.45%, or 652 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.04%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.33%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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