Powlson 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 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
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 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Powlson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Powlson family

Profession Census Frequency
Draper Porter 1
Grocer Errand Boy 1
Retired Police Inspector 1
Letter Press Printer 1
Blacksmith 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Powlson

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Powlson 16
George Powlson 13
Mary Powlson 13
Stephen Powlson 7
Elizabeth Powlson 5
Henry Powlson 5
Blanche Powlson 4
Charlotte Powlson 4
Eliza Powlson 4
Hannah Powlson 4
Herbert Powlson 4
Jane Powlson 4
Philip Powlson 4
Sarah Powlson 4
William Powlson 4
Harriett Powlson 3
Sydney Powlson 3
Amos Powlson 2
Arthur Powlson 2
Caroline Powlson 2
Catherine Powlson 2
Emma Powlson 2
Ernest Powlson 2
Ethel Powlson 2
Eva Powlson 2

Powlson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Poulson 86% 5,900
2 Powlson 100% 175
3 Poulsen 71% 141
4 Paulsen 57% 117

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The surname Powlson is the 2nd most popular variant of Poulson.

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