Surname Purviance (Purviance 
) , around the globe, is a rare last name. The cognomen Purviance is characteristic of Austria, where it is a rare surname, the United States, and New Zealand, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Austria, and Canada.
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| Purviance | Austria, Canada, United States, India, United Kingdom |
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david purviance American politician, US (b. 1766) |
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| robert purviance (b. 1733) |
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samuel anderson purviance American politician, US (b. 1809) |
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| john henry purviance (b. 1763) |
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| samuel d. purviance American politician, US (b. 1774) |
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| william alexander purviance American politician (1788–1857) (b. 1788) |
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edna purviance actress (1895-1958), US (b. 1895) |
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douglas purviance American musician, US (b. 1952) |
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| susanne purviance Austrian painter, AT (b. 1954) |
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| william t. purviance artist |
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