Powson Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Powson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Powson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia561:78,7246,600
England161:3,482,379114,324
Wales101:309,45316,869
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Powson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Powson is most common in Liberia. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Powson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,943,350th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Powson reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

Powson is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 78,724. In Liberia Powson is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 79 percent are found, Sinoe County, where 20 percent are found and Nimba County, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Liberia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent are found and Wales, where 11 percent are found.

Powson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Powson has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Powson last name fell 30 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phowson921/
Powsond921/
Powshon920/
Pawson834,057/
Pobson832/
Powsang7719/
Powsand770/
Pawsan6732/
Powzun6728/
Pabson6710/
Powzen677/
Pawsom674/
Pawsen672/
Pawzon671/
Povzon671/
Paswsan6249/
Povshan622/
Pofsian621/
Pobshan621/
Paawsan621/
Powrzan621/
Phowchan574/
Povzun50868/
Pawzun5040/
Pawjan5012/
Pavsan503/
Pawzan501/
Pabsan501/
Pabsen500/

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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
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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 Powson
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