# Purewal (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/purewal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Punjabi.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Punjabi |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 616 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,337 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 501,210 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (443 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਪੁਰੇਵਾਲ (purevāl), a compound of ਪੁਰਾ (purā, “old”), cf. Sanskrit पुरा (purā), and ਵਾਲ਼ਾ (vāḷā).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Purewal in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 91% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Similar surnames

Pearl, Perillo, Perla, Parrilla, Perl, Prill, Prioleau, Prall, Prahl, Prowell, Pröll.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.