French: from a variant spelling of pourceau ‘piglet’,
presumably an unflattering nickname for a dirty or disgusting man.
JK, pwh This name is found chiefly in LA.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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