Last Name PURSELL

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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, Irish, South african

Rank 11,810 (2000 US census) 13,430 (1990 US census)
Count 2,429 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.04%, or 2357 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.29%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.45%, or 11 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.33%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.11%, or 27 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.78%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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