The surname Purewal
A Punjabi surname, carried by 616 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P640
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਪੁਰੇਵਾਲ (purevāl), a compound of ਪੁਰਾ (purā, “old”), cf. Sanskrit पुरा (purā), and ਵਾਲ਼ਾ (vāḷā).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 616 people named Purewal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 443.
Who is named Purewal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Purewal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Two or more races 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Purewal come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਪੁਰੇਵਾਲ (purevāl), a compound of ਪੁਰਾ (purā, “old”), cf. Sanskrit पुरा (purā), and ਵਾਲ਼ਾ (vāḷā).
- How common is the surname Purewal?
- 616 people in the United States had the surname Purewal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. It ranked 36,337th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Purewal?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Purewal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Purewal getting more or less common?
- More common. 443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 616 in 2010, up 39%.