Frequency: (1610)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: habitational name from Pursley Farm in Shenley, Hertfordshire.
2. Probably an altered spelling of German Bürschle, a diminutive of Bursch.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
