# Purser (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of purses.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,545 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,199 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 87,093 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (3,390 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Purser 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Purser in the United States.

## People named Purser

- Shannon Purser, American actress

## Similar surnames

Prosser, Parker, Prichard, Parkhurst, Prager, Parkerson, Porcaro, Perezgarcia, Perezhernandez, Presser.

## 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.