Powls 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 3
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 7
Yorkshire 8

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

Powls Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Powls family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 2
Annuitant 1
House Keeper 1
Miller 1
Farm Labourer 1
Formerly Servant 1
Milliner 1
Scholar 1
Apprentice 1
Coachman 1
Shoe Maker 1
Stone Mason 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Powls

Name Census Frequency
John Powls 14
Mary Powls 14
William Powls 14
Thomas Powls 12
Elizabeth Powls 8
Annie Powls 6
Fred Powls 6
Sarah Powls 5
Ann Powls 4
Edward Powls 4
Ellen Powls 4
Alice Powls 3
Elsie Powls 3
Harriet Powls 3
Henry Powls 3
James Powls 3
Jane Powls 3
Louisa Powls 3
Maria Powls 3
Constance Powls 2
Edith Powls 2
Ernest Powls 2
Gilbert Powls 2
Kate Powls 2
Lucy Powls 2

Powls Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Powles 83% 4,751
2 Powels 83% 416
3 Pouls 80% 277
4 Powls 100% 172

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The surname Powls is the 4th most popular variant of Powles.

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