Pomeroy Surname

36,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,634 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Pomeroy Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de la pommeraye,' at the apple orchard, from residence thereby; compare Pury, i.e. at the pear orchard.

Joan de la Pomeroy. Rolls of Parliament.

Henry de la Pomereye, or Pomeraye, Devon, 1273.

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Pomeroy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,2701:35,2934,402
England1,4801:37,6474,911
Canada1,3141:28,0413,712
Australia9401:28,7193,889
New Zealand2491:18,1863,184
Wales961:32,2353,244
Ireland701:67,2714,288
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Seychelles181:5,133784
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
France21:33,211,361423,184
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland581:76,3775,461
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7831:31,1314,141
Wales271:58,0892,880
Guernsey91:3,628639
Jersey41:12,9712,116
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9351:17,1102,178

Pomeroy (52) may also be a first name.

Pomeroy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de la pommeraye,' at the apple orchard, from residence thereby; compare Pury, i.e. at the pear orchard.

Joan de la Pomeroy. Rolls of Parliament.

Henry de la Pomereye, or Pomeraye, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Pomeray, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Isota de la Pomerey, Devon, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Robert Pomeroy, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1594. Andrew Pomeroy, or Pomroy, Devon: Register of the University of Oxford.

1638-9. Pascoe Pomroy and Elizabeth Wilson: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at an [Apple - Orchard [French pommeraie, apple - orchard; Low Latin pomeretum (-etum, plantation suff.), apple- orchard, fruit-garden; Latin pomarium, orchard-pom-um, any kind of fruit] Henry de la Pomeraye.—Hundred Rolls La Pommeray is a Calvados (Normandy) village-name.

Berry Pomeroy, Devon, owes its second name to a Norman grantee.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, Irish, French) Dweller at, or near, an apple orchard; one who came from La Pommeraye, (apple orchard), in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The parish of S. Sauveur de la Pommeraye, in the department of La Manche, Normandy, gave name to a great family mentioned in Domesday Book, and by Brompton; and they in turn conferred it upon Berry Pomeroy, co. Devon. Mem. Soc. Antiq. Norman vol. vii. Ralph de Pomerei held 58 lordships at the time of the Survey, in the counties of Devon and Somerset. Kelham. Pommeraye, in O. French, signifies an orchard, (Cotgrave), and De la Pomeraye is found in H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(French.) Pomme—roi, a kind of apple, the royal apple, king's apple, or king of apples; a name probably given to a gardener for his skill in raising them, or a name of place where such apples were raised.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A baronial family, Castellans of La Pomerie, Normandy (De Gerville, Anc. Chat.). Ralph de la Pomeraye held 51 lordships in barony in Devon 1086. See Dugdale and Banks. Hence the Viscounts Harberton.

The Norman People (1874)

Pomeroy is an ancient Devonshire surname, and the name of a parish (Berry Pomeroy) in that county. From the Conquest to the reign of Edward VI. the powerful and ennobled family of De Pomeroy owned the manor of Berry Pomeroy and much other property in that county (Worthy's "Ashburton"). There are still a few of the name in Devonshire.

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

Pomeroy Last Name Facts

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

Pomeroy (Russian: Померой) occurs most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pomeroy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 36,065th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 497,987 people. The surname Pomeroy occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Pomeroy are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,381,723rd most numerous first name internationally It is held by 52 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 10,270 people, or 1 in 35,293. In The United States Pomeroy is primarily found in: California, where 10 percent live, Michigan, where 7 percent live and New York, where 5 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 49 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Pomeroy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pomeroy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pomeroy last name expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 356 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 121 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pomeroy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Pomeroy surname is principally Anglican (48%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pomeroy surname are 9.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.46% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pomeroy earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.12% less than the national average, earning R 211,224 per year; in United States they earn 6.11% more than the national average, earning $45,787 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.94% more than the national average, earning $53,130 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pomeroy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pomeroy in the Russian language
Померойpomeroj-

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