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    The surname Purdue

    A French surname, carried by 1,674 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Purdue: #16,975 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Purdue #16,975, 1,674 people Purdue: #16,975 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Purdue #16,975, 1,674 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Purdue is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From Middle English Purdew, Purdeu, from French pour (“for”) + Dieu (“God”), an oath name.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,674 people named Purdue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,643.

    #16,975
    rank among US surnames
    1,674
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #16,176)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,968Kintz1,675184,326
    #16,975Vanvliet1,674184,436
    #16,984Arita1,673184,546

    Who is named Purdue

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

    81% of people named Purdue identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Purdue

    Purdue has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Purdue come from?
    From Middle English Purdew, Purdeu, from French pour (“for”) + Dieu (“God”), an oath name.
    How common is the surname Purdue?
    1,674 people in the United States had the surname Purdue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. It ranked 16,975th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Purdue?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Purdue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Purdue getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,674 in 2010, up 1.9%.
    What are other spellings of Purdue?
    Purday, Purdey, Purdie, Purdy, Purdye and Purdu.