Surname Purdey (Purdey 
) , in the world, is a rare cognomen. The last name Purdey is characteristic of Australia, where it is a rare surname, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Likewise, Purdey is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Purdey | Australia, South Africa, Canada, United Kingdom, United States |
| james purdey British gunsmith (b. 1784) |
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| james purdey English gun maker (1828–1909) (b. 1828) |
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| mark purdey British activist (b. 1953) |
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| james alexander purdey (died 1963) |
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| jemma purdey Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and the Australia Indonesia Centre |
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| jemma purdey (b. 1974) |
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