Around the globe, Purdon (Purdon 
) is a very rare principally male, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Purdon is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, where it is a very rare masculine name. Much more frequently, Purdon is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Purdon | Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa |
| roy purdon New Zealand harness-racing trainer, NZ (b. 1927) |
|
|
| sir nicholas purdon Peerage person ID=246090 |
|
|
| ross kriel purdon South African politician |
|
|
| symon purdon Peerage person ID=660821 |
|
|
| unknown purdon Peerage person ID=352836 |
|
|
| unknown purdon Peerage person ID=42824 |
|
|
| grant clive purdon (born 1981) (b. 1981) |
|