Poss 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Poss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Poss family

Profession Census Frequency
Carder 2
Nurse 1
Groom 1
Card Tenter 1
Carders Wife 1
General Serv 1
Plasterer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Servant 1
Cabinet Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Poss

Name Census Frequency
William Poss 14
John Poss 13
Mary Poss 10
Sarah Poss 9
Thomas Poss 8
James Poss 6
Elizabeth Poss 5
Ann Poss 4
Emily Poss 4
Frederick Poss 4
Charles Poss 3
Charlotte Poss 3
Frances Poss 3
George Poss 3
Jane Poss 3
Kate Poss 3
Catherine Poss 2
Henry Poss 2
Maria Poss 2
Mariam Poss 2
Robert Poss 2
Ruth Poss 2
Selina Poss 2
Abigail Poss 1
Abraham Poss 1

Poss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pass 75% 10,839
2 Poss 100% 164
3 Piesse 50% 132
4 Possee 67% 113

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The surname Poss is the 2nd most popular variant of Pass.

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