Purnell

English

Alternative forms

• Pournelle

Etymology

Variant of Parnell.

Proper noun

Purnell (countable and uncountable, plural Purnells)

1. A surname.
2. A neighbourhood in west Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Purnell is the 4197^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8441 individuals. Purnell is most common among Black/African American (62.22%) and White (31.94%) individuals.

Further reading

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