Pewter Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 15
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Pewter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pewter family

Profession Census Frequency
Dredger 2
Scholar 2
Silk Velvet Weaver 2
Shepherd 1
Derdger 1
General Servant 1
Oyster Dredgeman 1
Farmers Wife 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pewter

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Pewter 16
George Pewter 16
John Pewter 14
Edward Pewter 10
James Pewter 10
Sarah Pewter 10
Mary Pewter 8
William Pewter 7
Arthur Pewter 6
Harriet Pewter 6
Charles Pewter 5
Elisha Pewter 5
Eliza Pewter 5
Emma Pewter 5
Francis Pewter 5
Charlotte Pewter 4
Harold Pewter 4
Albert Pewter 3
Alfred Pewter 3
Alice Pewter 3
Emily Pewter 3
Jasper Pewter 3
Lucy Pewter 3
Jane Pewter 2
Julia Pewter 2

Pewter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Powter 83% 1,438
2 Pewter 100% 229

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The surname Pewter is the 2nd most popular variant of Powter.

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