Poyton 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 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 2
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 36
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Poyton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Poyton family

Profession Census Frequency
Silk Weaver 6
Weaver 4
Independent 3
Agricultural Labourer 1
School Mistress 1
Female Servant 1
Hand Winder 1
Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Poyton

Name Census Frequency
George Poyton 48
James Poyton 41
William Poyton 35
Mary Poyton 32
John Poyton 31
Elizabeth Poyton 30
Ann Poyton 24
Sarah Poyton 22
Eliza Poyton 15
Emma Poyton 15
Jane Poyton 15
Annie Poyton 14
Hannah Poyton 14
Charlotte Poyton 12
Henry Poyton 12
Joseph Poyton 12
Charles Poyton 11
Frederick Poyton 10
Alfred Poyton 9
Ellen Poyton 9
Louisa Poyton 9
Thomas Poyton 9
Amelia Poyton 8
Edward Poyton 7
Margaret Poyton 6

Poyton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Payton 83% 9,963
2 Peyton 83% 2,360
3 Poyton 100% 674

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The surname Poyton is the 3rd most popular variant of Payton.

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