Powlas Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

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

Powlas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Powlas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2081:1,742,591114,999
France41:16,605,680368,153
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Powlas Last Name Facts

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

Powlas is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Powlas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Powlas is the 1,129,067th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname Powlas is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Powlas live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Powlas is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 1,742,591. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 42 percent are found, South Carolina, where 16 percent are found and Tennessee, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.

Powlas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Powlas has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 306 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Powlas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Powlas last name are 38.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 85.42% being registered with the political party.

Powlas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.99% less than the national average, earning $37,112 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Powlaus920/
Powlass920/
Pawlas831,970/
Powlos839/
Povlas839/
Poblas833/
Powlose7720/
Pawlias7712/
Pawlass771/
Pawlos6714,055/
Pavlas671,594/
Pawlasová67186/
Povlos6713/
Pawlasova674/
Pawlac673/
Pawlaś672/
Pablas672/
Pawlax672/
Publas671/
Pawłas671/

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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 Powlas
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