How common is the surname Purtell?

1,778 people in the United States had the surname Purtell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,648 Americans. It ranked 16,238th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Purtell?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Purtell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Purtell?

William A. Purtell, American politician (1897–1978).

Where is the surname Purtell most common?

Wikidata records people named Purtell in the United States.

Is the surname Purtell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,778 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Purtell

A surname, carried by 1,778 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Purtell is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,778 people named Purtell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,648 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

#16,238

rank among US surnames

1,778

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+18.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,238	Smoker	1,778	173,648
#16,247	Haddon	1,777	173,745

Who is named Purtell

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

95% of people named Purtell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Purtells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William A. Purtell
American politician (1897–1978)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Purtell

Portela

Purtell has the Soundex code P634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P634.

Questions

How common is the surname Purtell?: 1,778 people in the United States had the surname Purtell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,648 Americans. It ranked 16,238th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Purtell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Purtell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Purtell?: William A. Purtell, American politician (1897–1978).
Where is the surname Purtell most common?: Wikidata records people named Purtell in the United States.
Is the surname Purtell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,778 in 2010, up 18%.