Distribution of the name 'Purves'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Purves' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Purves'
In the UK there are 667 phone book entries with the surname Purves and approximately 2,904 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Purves is the 3,019. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 56 counties. Most occurrences are in Lothian: 149.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Central (49), Borders (49), Fife (48), Tyne and Wear (42), West Yorkshire (27), Greater London (23), Strathclyde (19), North Yorkshire (16), as well as Greater Manchester (14).
The following surnames sound like Purves: Purvis, Provis, Pervez, Parvez, Prophecy, Proops, Pervaiz, Props, Purvess, Purviss, Purbeck, Purpose, Parviz, Parvass, Parvizi, Peerbux, Powerpak, Probes, Perehovsky, Porebski, Pravis, Parves, Prepacks, Parfsh, Pervaz, Parobij, Prefs, Paribas, Parybus, Porebska.
The distribution of the name 'Purves' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Purves in the counties
| Lothian - The surname Purves is is the 261. most common name - 149 persons |
| Central - The surname Purves is is the 1748. most common name - 49 persons |
| Borders - The surname Purves is is the 45. most common name - 49 persons |
| Fife - The surname Purves is is the 587. most common name - 48 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Purves is is the 944. most common name - 42 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Purves is is the 3791. most common name - 27 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Purves is is the 6320. most common name - 23 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Purves is is the 1774. most common name - 19 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Purves is is the 2608. most common name - 16 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Purves is is the 4314. most common name - 14 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Purves is the 1902. most common name - 14 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Purves is the 1746. most common name - 14 persons |
| Devon - The surname Purves is the 3102. most common name - 11 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Purves is the 4425. most common name - 11 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Purves is the 5573. most common name - 11 persons |
| Kent - The surname Purves is the 6244. most common name - 10 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Purves is the 6979. most common name - 9 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Purves is the 2420. most common name - 9 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Purves is the 3698. most common name - 8 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Purves is the 1807. most common name - 7 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Purves is the 5354. most common name - 7 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Purves is the 3018. most common name - 6 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Purves is the 5583. most common name - 6 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Purves is the 10213. most common name - 6 persons |
| Essex - The surname Purves is the 7372. most common name - 6 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Purves is the 6042. most common name - 6 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Purves is the 1297. most common name - 5 persons |
| Highland - The surname Purves is the 1244. most common name - 5 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Purves is the 7822. most common name - 5 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Purves is the 7090. most common name - 5 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Purves is is the 5317. most common name - 5 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Purves is is the 4798. most common name - 5 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Purves is is the 8105. most common name - 5 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Purves is is the 5852. most common name - 5 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Purves is is the 5499. most common name - 4 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Purves is is the 7833. most common name - 4 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Purves is is the 1505. most common name - 4 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Purves is is the 5589. most common name - 4 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Purves is is the 4309. most common name - 3 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Purves is is the 1313. most common name - 3 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Purves is is the 11657. most common name - 3 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Purves is is the 9348. most common name - 3 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Purves is is the 11659. most common name - 2 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Purves is is the 6009. most common name - 2 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Purves is is the 6494. most common name - 2 persons |
| Durham - The surname Purves is is the 6814. most common name - 2 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Purves is is the 7218. most common name - 2 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Purves is is the 7225. most common name - 2 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Purves is is the 5645. most common name - 2 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Purves is is the 3319. most common name - 2 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Purves is is the 10052. most common name - 1 person |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Purves is is the 15674. most common name - 1 person |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Purves is is the 10698. most common name - 1 person |
| Western Isles - The surname Purves is is the 707. most common name - 1 person |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Purves is is the 21272. most common name - 1 person |
| Gwynedd - The surname Purves is is the 8819. most common name - 1 person |
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