Pountley Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pountley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pountley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:1,051,28451,324
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Pountley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pountley is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pountley? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. Pountley is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Pountley are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 1,051,284. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Cheshire, where 40 percent live, Derbyshire, where 25 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 9 percent live. Other than England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 10 percent live and New Zealand, where 2 percent live.

Pountley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pountley has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 1,325 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pontley9312/
Puntley931/
Pantley80104/
Pontler802/
Pontles801/
Pontille75286/
Pontelle7512/
Pientley750/
Pantle711,331/
Pontiller7139/
Puntla715/
Pontilles713/
Pontla711/
Pontielly711/
Phantlley711/
Pantly711/
Pandtle6730/
Phantle6715/
Pantler677/
Pantlya675/
Pontlis674/
Punthla673/
Pontillyas671/
Pontilleas671/
Puntillyas671/
Pantlet670/
Pantlay670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pountley
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