Powsey 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 5
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
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

Powsey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Powsey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Private 1
Brass Polisher 1
Photographer 1
Nurse Maid 1
Char Woman 1
Dressmaker 1
Glass Dealer 1
Painter 1
Plumber 1
Farmer 84 Acres 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Powsey

Name Census Frequency
William Powsey 24
John Powsey 11
Sarah Powsey 11
Mary Powsey 10
Jane Powsey 9
Ann Powsey 7
Thomas Powsey 7
Alfred Powsey 6
Elizabeth Powsey 6
Henry Powsey 6
Richard Powsey 6
Joseph Powsey 5
Emily Powsey 4
Frederick Powsey 4
Minnie Powsey 4
Albert Powsey 3
Annie Powsey 3
Ellen Powsey 3
Emma Powsey 3
Margaret Powsey 3
Rose Powsey 3
Charles Powsey 2
Clark Powsey 2
Francis Powsey 2
Harry Powsey 2

Powsey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pawsey 83% 3,933
2 Pewsey 83% 608
3 Powsey 100% 203

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The surname Powsey is the 3rd most popular variant of Pawsey.

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