Powes 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 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 4
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 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Powes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Powes family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Infant 2
Bricklayer 1
Dress Maker 1
Fund Holder 1
Brewers Labourer 1
Coal Miner 1
Under Nurse 1
Brass Carter 1
Brass Caster's Wife 1
Foot Man 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Powes

Name Census Frequency
John Powes 40
William Powes 36
Mary Powes 34
Elizabeth Powes 27
Thomas Powes 22
George Powes 18
James Powes 15
Sarah Powes 14
Charles Powes 13
Richard Powes 12
Ann Powes 10
Jane Powes 10
Eliza Powes 8
Hannah Powes 8
Joseph Powes 7
Margaret Powes 7
Robert Powes 6
Samuel Powes 6
Benjamin Powes 5
Emma Powes 5
Henry Powes 5
Susan Powes 5
Alice Powes 4
Annie Powes 4
Arthur Powes 4

Powes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Powis 80% 7,500
2 Powes 100% 487
3 Pawis 60% 107

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The surname Powes is the 2nd most popular variant of Powis.

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