Powen 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 10
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 11
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Powen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Powen family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Engine Fitter Apprentice 1
Foreman 1
Provision Merchant Apprentice 1
Draper's Apprentice 1
Laundry Labourer 1
Retired Char Woman 1
Retired Cotton Weaver 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Inn Barmaid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Powen

Name Census Frequency
Mary Powen 13
John Powen 9
William Powen 9
Elizabeth Powen 7
Eliza Powen 6
George Powen 6
Sarah Powen 6
Thomas Powen 6
Ann Powen 5
Charles Powen 4
James Powen 4
Ellen Powen 3
Jane Powen 3
Martha Powen 3
Catherine Powen 2
Daniel Powen 2
Edith Powen 2
Emily Powen 2
Frances Powen 2
Helen Powen 2
Margaret Powen 2
Margret Powen 2
Richard Powen 2
Samuel Powen 2
Susan Powen 2

Powen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pawn 60% 214
2 Powen 100% 150
3 Pown 80% 120
4 Powne 60% 119

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The surname Powen is the 2nd most popular variant of Pawn.

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