Pearpoint Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Pearpoint Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pierrepont,' from the castle of that name on the southern borders of Picardy (Lower). The name is Latinized into 'de Petroponte.' Godfrey de Perpont occurs in Domesday.

Henry de Perpunt, Lincolnshire, 1273.

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Pearpoint Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pearpoint Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pierrepont,' from the castle of that name on the southern borders of Picardy (Lower). The name is Latinized into 'de Petroponte.' Godfrey de Perpont occurs in Domesday.

Henry de Perpunt, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh de Perpont, Nottinghamshire, ibid.

John de Perpunt, Nottinghamshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Simon de Perepont, Suffolk, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Henry Perpunt, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

1575. George Perpount and Agnes Raynoldes: Marriage Lic (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Not from Pierrepont, in the arrondissement of Coutances, in Normandy, as stated by De Gerville, in Mem. Soc. Antiq. Norman, 1825; but from the castle of that name, on the southern borders of Picardy and diocese of Laon, which continued in the family down to the time of Richard I. That the name was introduced at the Conquest, is clear from Domesday Book, which mentions Robert and Godfrey de P. as holding of the celebrated William de Warenne, several lordships in Sussex and Suffolk. Collins. The French genealogy of the family makes Robert one of the Conqueror'3 lieutenant-generals. He gave the suffix to Hurst-Pierpoint, co. Sussex. The name is uniformly latinized by ' De Petro-Ponte,' and is equivalent to our indigenoua Stanbridge, or Stonebridge.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A Norman name: From the Domesday Book, de Perapund.

British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber

Pearpoint Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pearpoint Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pearpoint occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pearpoint? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Pearpoint is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Pearpoint live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in Canada, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 3,349,599. In Canada it is most common in: Ontario, where 36 percent reside, British Columbia, where 27 percent reside and Saskatchewan, where 18 percent reside. Besides Canada this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in New Zealand, where 8 percent reside.

Pearpoint Last Name Statistics demography

Pearpoint earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 9.63% less than the national average, earning $44,899 CAD per year.

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Perpoint9463/
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Pierpoint892,147/
Peirpoint8923/
Pairpoint8912/
Peerpoint890/
Perpont881/
Powerpoint8410/
Pierrpoint841/
Pierpont821,650/
Prepoint82137/
Perpoynt823/
Pearpong822/
Peirpont822/
Piarpont820/
Parpon80103/
Perpon801/
Pourpoint78221/
Perpoyina783/
Pierrpont782/
Peirponte780/
Parpant7524/
Prepont758/
Parpain756/
Perpien753/
Parpong751/
Perpoon751/
Perpond751/
Pearpan751/
Peirrepont741/
Pearpang712/
Perphone712/
Pharphon711/
Preponte711/
Pierpant711/
Parpan672,907/
Prepon6720/
Parpotten6710/
Perpan672/

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