How common is the surname Pursel?

1,224 people in the United States had the surname Pursel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,243 Americans. It ranked 21,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pursel?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pursel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pursel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,224 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Pursel

A surname, carried by 1,224 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pursel is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,224 people named Pursel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,243 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,152.

#21,382

rank among US surnames

1,224

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,230)

Who is named Pursel

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

93% of people named Pursel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pursel

Pursel has the Soundex code P624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P624.

Questions

How common is the surname Pursel?: 1,224 people in the United States had the surname Pursel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,243 Americans. It ranked 21,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pursel?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pursel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pursel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,224 in 2010, up 6.2%.