Pockwell Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pockwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pockwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Pockwell Last Name Facts

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

Pockwell occurs most in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pockwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pockwell live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Pockwell is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Pockwell is most prevalent in: Surrey, where 67 percent are found and East Sussex, where 33 percent are found.

Pockwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pockwell has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Pockwell surname declined 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peckwell880/
Packwell880/
Pokwile671/
Phokwile638/
Paskweel631/
Pascuel5319/
Paguell531/
Pagweel531/
Pasquell503/
Pacquiel501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pockwell
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