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    The surname Purifoy

    A surname, carried by 2,511 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P610

    Purifoy: #12,389 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Purifoy #12,389, 2,511 people Purifoy: #12,389 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Purifoy #12,389, 2,511 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Purifoy is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,511 people named Purifoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,957 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,271.

    #12,389
    rank among US surnames
    2,511
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,511)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,384Barras2,512122,908
    #12,389Harrah2,511122,957
    #12,393Lovins2,510123,006
    #12,395Melia2,509123,055
    #12,397Banfield2,508123,104

    Who is named Purifoy

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

    61% of people named Purifoy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 61%
    • White (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Purifoy?
    2,511 people in the United States had the surname Purifoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,957 Americans. It ranked 12,389th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Purifoy?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Purifoy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Purifoy getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,511 in 2010, up 11%.