Povitt 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 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 11
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

Povitt Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Povitt family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Pupil Teacher 2
Engine Cleaner 1
Engine Driver (railway) 1
Milliner 1
Railway Wheel Wright Shop Foreman 1
Yeast Agent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Povitt

Name Census Frequency
Mary Povitt 9
William Povitt 9
John Povitt 7
Annie Povitt 5
Sarah Povitt 5
Henry Povitt 4
Jane Povitt 4
Richard Povitt 4
Arthur Povitt 3
Elizabeth Povitt 3
Emily Povitt 3
Ann Povitt 2
Caroline Povitt 2
David Povitt 2
Frederick Povitt 2
George Povitt 2
James Povitt 2
Joseph Povitt 2
Margaret Povitt 2
Maria Povitt 2
Sam Povitt 2
Thomas Povitt 2
Ada Povitt 1
Agnes Povitt 1
Albert Povitt 1

Povitt Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pavitt 83% 4,606
2 Pavett 67% 1,177
3 Pevitt 83% 123
4 Povitt 100% 116

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The surname Povitt is the 4th most popular variant of Pavitt.

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