Powell-Brown Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Powell-Brown Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Powell & Brown.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Powell-Brown Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England31:18,572,686338,250
Jamaica31:956,64910,513

Powell-Brown Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Powell-Brown Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Powell-Brown occurs most in Canada. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Powell-Brown? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Powell-Brown is primarily found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Powell-Brown live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in Canada, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 3,349,599. In Canada Powell-Brown is most common in: Ontario, where 100 percent live. Beside Canada it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

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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 Powell-Brown
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