Where Does The Last Name Powlay Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Powlay is most common in Australia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Powlay? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 1,931,261^st most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname Powlay is mostly found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Powlay are found; 66 percent are found in Australasia and 66 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Powlay is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 442,552. In Australia it is most common in: New South Wales, where 90 percent are found, Australian Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found and Queensland, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Australia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.

Powlay Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Powlay has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.