Purviance
# Purviance

Purviance is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* David Purviance (1766–1847), American state legislator in Kentucky and Ohio
* Douglas Purviance (born 1952), American jazz musician
* Edna Purviance (1895–1958), American actress
* Samuel Anderson Purviance (1809–1882), U. S. Representative from Pennsylvania
* Samuel Dinsmore Purviance (1774–1806), U. S. Representative from North Carolina
* William Alexander Purviance (1788–1857), American state legislator in Pennsylvania
