Poddington Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Poddington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poddington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:5,065,278148,650
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Poddington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poddington occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poddington? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Poddington is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Poddington are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 5,065,278. In England Poddington is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 36 percent live, Cumbria, where 18 percent live and Greater London, where 18 percent live.

Poddington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Poddington has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Poddington surname increased 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Poddington
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