Pountney Surname

200,920th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,076 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Pountney Surname Definition:

A corruption of Poultney, or Pulteney.

Pountney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4001:39,7995,138
Canada2071:177,99817,780
Australia1561:173,04917,681
United States1411:2,570,631155,955
New Zealand481:94,34012,897
Scotland261:205,91610,908
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Wales201:154,72710,755
France141:4,744,480251,814
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4271:57,0856,751
Wales171:92,2604,121
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Pountney Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A corruption of Poultney, or Pulteney.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Suffolk.

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

Pountney Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pountney is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Pountney click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pountney? popularity and diffusion

Pountney is the 200,920th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 3,510,379 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Pountney are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Pountney is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 1,400 people, or 1 in 39,799. In England it is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 29 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 8 percent reside and Shropshire, where 8 percent reside. Beside England Pountney exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Pountney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pountney has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Pountney last name expanded 328 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 829 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 650 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 118 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pountney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Pountney surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pountney surname are 23.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.59% registered with the political party.

The amount Pountney earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 50.08% more than the national average, earning R 356,652 per year; in United States they earn 5.25% more than the national average, earning $45,416 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning $52,273 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pountneyy944/
Puntney93267/
Pontney9313/
Pountny930/
Pountnay882/
Poumtney881/
Pointney881/
Pauntney880/
Puntny860/
Puntenney82136/
Pontner8037/
Pantney804/
Pontnoy802/
Puntner801/
Puntnoy800/
Pomtney800/
Pointner753,546/
Pfuntner75219/
Peuntner7522/
Poyntner7521/
Puntenny753/
Puintner752/
Paintney751/
Pfundtner71213/
Poinntner711/
Pantny710/
Pantner67208/
Pontnau67143/
Pontnou6753/
Pontgni674/
Pantnge672/
Pfeundtner671/
Puntnou671/
Paintner631,046/
Peintner63849/
Patentnyi5915/
Peinthner591/
Pfandtner591/
Pantni572/
Panthna531/
Pantnhi531/
Pantnou531/
Pantgni531/
Panthgni5023/
Patentna5018/
Panthngi508/

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