Purves

English

Etymology

Variant of Purvis.

Proper noun

Purves (countable and uncountable, plural Purveses)

A surname.
An unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Purves is the 37848^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Purves is most common among White (96.59%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Purves”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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