Powhatan Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Powhatan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Powhatan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Powhatan (36) may also be a first name.

Powhatan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Powhatan occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Powhatan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Powhatan reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 36 people.

The surname Powhatan is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States Powhatan is mostly found in: Texas, where 42 percent live, Florida, where 23 percent live and Georgia, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 4 percent live.

Powhatan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Powhatan last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

Powhatan earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.61% more than the national average, earning $54,633 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 Powhatan
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