Last name Purves (Purves 
) , globally, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Purves is characteristic of the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, and Canada. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. Very seldom, Purves is the forename as well as the last name.
| james purves British minister (b. 1734) |
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| john home purves Peerage person ID=135424 (b. 1785) |
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james purves Australian politician, AU (b. 1843) |
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| william purves (1811-1870) Presbyterian minister (b. 1811) |
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| marguerite purves (died 1896) (b. 1817) |
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| ellen purves (1819-1883) (b. 1819) |
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| john-clay purves British geologist and museum curator, GB (b. 1825) |
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| david laing purves (1838-1873) (b. 1838) |
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| laidlaw purves British aural and ophthalmic surgeon, and golf course designer (b. 1842) |
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| john purves Politician and real estate agent in New South Wales, Australia (1847-1915) (b. 1847) |
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| charles hyde home purves (1850-1887) (b. 1850) |
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| austin montgomery purves American financier and art collector (b. 1854) |
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| george tybout purves (b. 1852) |
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| john archibald purves English electrical engineer (b. 1870) |
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| bill purves Irish footballer (1870-?), GB (b. 1870) |
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