Polkinghorne Surname

153,254th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Polkinghorne Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Polkinhorne.' An estate in the parish of Guinear, Cornwall.

'From this place were denominated an old family of gentlemen, surnamed Polkinhorne': Gilbert's Cornwall, ii. 152 (quoted by Lower).

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Polkinghorne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1,6881:15,9932,254
United States4681:774,48560,119
England3231:172,50215,799
New Zealand1821:24,8814,349
Canada1321:279,13326,131
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Wales131:238,04114,239
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3721:65,5257,503
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Polkinghorne Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Polkinhorne.' An estate in the parish of Guinear, Cornwall.

'From this place were denominated an old family of gentlemen, surnamed Polkinhorne': Gilbert's Cornwall, ii. 152 (quoted by Lower).

Robarte Pokenghorne, 1541: Reg. St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

1808. Married — Henry Polkinghorn and Mary Hill: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Celtic) belonging to Polkinhorne (Cornwall) [pol is the common Cornish word for a a pit or pool: the second element is apparently a pers. name]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An estate in the parish of Gwinear, co. Cornwall, where the family were resident in the XIII. cent. C. S. Gilbert's Cornw. "From this place were denominated an old family of gentlemen surnamed Polkinhorne, who gave for their arms, Argent, three bars Sable." Hals, in D. Gilbert's Cornwall, ii. 142.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Polkinghorne in Gwinnear; from pol-gan-hoarn, a pool with (containing) iron, i. e., a chalybeate pool, a medicinal pool. Hence, by contraction, the name Polkorn.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Polkinhorne; a location name in Cornwall.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Polkinghorne is the name of an estate in the parish of Gwinear, where the old gentle family of Polkinghorne resided from the 13th to the 17th centuries (G.). Redruth is still the post - town of their descendants.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Polkinghorne Last Name Facts

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

The last name Polkinghorne is most common in Australia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polkinghorne? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 153,254th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,540,100 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 65 percent of Polkinghorne are found; 65 percent are found in Australasia and 65 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Polkinghorne is most frequently held in Australia, where it is borne by 1,688 people, or 1 in 15,993. In Australia it is most prevalent in: South Australia, where 52 percent reside, New South Wales, where 18 percent reside and Victoria, where 12 percent reside. Besides Australia Polkinghorne is found in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Polkinghorne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Polkinghorne has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 5,850 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 13 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 144 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Polkinghorne Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Congregationalist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Polkinghorne are 9.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.12% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Polkinghorne earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 456.52% more than the national average, earning R 1,322,500 per year; in United States they earn 9.29% more than the national average, earning $47,158 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.64% less than the national average, earning $45,392 CAD per year.

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