Powels Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Powels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 129 | 1:2,809,759 | 166,838 |
| South Africa | 53 | 1:1,022,221 | 62,590 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 158 | 1:317,840 | 24,909 |
Powels Demographics
Powels Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Powels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Powels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Powels is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Powels? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,136,896th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. Powels occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Powels are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 2,809,759. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 37 percent reside, Mississippi, where 12 percent reside and New Mexico, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent reside and Germany, where 9 percent reside.
Powels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Powels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Powels surname fell 18 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Powels Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Powels surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Powels last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Powels earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 32.85% more than the national average, earning R 315,696 per year and in United States they earn 17.64% less than the national average, earning $35,536 USD per year.
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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 Powels
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