Pownell Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cheshire 17
Derbyshire 1
Denbighshire 11
Devon 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 6
Nottinghamshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Pownell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pownell family

Profession Census Frequency
Silk Winder 2
Independent 2
Coal Merchant 1
Iron Moulder 1
Smith 1
Farmer 1
Female Servant 1
Navy 1
Agriculturer Labourer 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Joiner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pownell

Name Census Frequency
Mary Pownell 38
William Pownell 29
John Pownell 28
Thomas Pownell 27
James Pownell 24
Elizabeth Pownell 21
Sarah Pownell 21
Alice Pownell 15
Ellen Pownell 11
Joseph Pownell 11
Margaret Pownell 10
Edward Pownell 8
George Pownell 8
Samuel Pownell 8
Ann Pownell 7
Arthur Pownell 7
Charles Pownell 6
Martha Pownell 6
Hannah Pownell 5
Harry Pownell 5
Jane Pownell 5
Annie Pownell 4
Emma Pownell 4
Percy Pownell 4
Phoebe Pownell 4

Pownell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pownall 86% 9,165
2 Pownell 100% 430
3 Ponell 86% 227
4 Ponnell 86% 112

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The surname Pownell is the 2nd most popular variant of Pownall.

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