Purucker Family History
Purucker Name Meaning
German: probably an occupational name for a wig maker from an agent noun based on Perücke ‘wig’ a loanword from Italian parucca. If this is right the surname is a late formation the vocabulary word first being attested in German in the 17th century. Compare Buracker and Buroker .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022