How common is the surname Purpura?

1,472 people in the United States had the surname Purpura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,746 Americans. It ranked 18,676th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Purpura?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Purpura identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Purpura getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,472 in 2010, down 3.2%.

The surname Purpura

A surname, carried by 1,472 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Purpura is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,472 people named Purpura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,746 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,521.

#18,676

rank among US surnames

1,472

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,180)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,671	Hamaker	1,473	209,603
#18,676	Purpura	1,472	209,746
#18,685	Gettinger	1,471	209,888

Who is named Purpura

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

95% of people named Purpura identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Purpura?: 1,472 people in the United States had the surname Purpura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,746 Americans. It ranked 18,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Purpura?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Purpura identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Purpura getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,472 in 2010, down 3.2%.