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    The surname Purdom

    A surname, carried by 1,530 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P635

    Purdom: #18,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Purdom #18,184, 1,530 people Purdom: #18,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Purdom #18,184, 1,530 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Purdom is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,530 people named Purdom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,347.

    #18,184
    rank among US surnames
    1,530
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,802)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,177Albury1,531201,663
    #18,184Colvard1,530201,794

    Who is named Purdom

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Purdom identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Purdoms

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tom Purdom
      American writer (1936–2024)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Purdom

    Purdom has the Soundex code P635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Purdom?
    1,530 people in the United States had the surname Purdom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. It ranked 18,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Purdom?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Purdom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Purdom?
    Tom Purdom, American writer (1936–2024).
    Where is the surname Purdom most common?
    Wikidata records people named Purdom in the United States.
    Is the surname Purdom getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,347 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,530 in 2010, up 14%.