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The POYNER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,417 18129 0.001 5
United States (1880 census) 333 13199 0.001 7
Change since 1880 +1084 -4930 0 -2
Other Countries
Australia 210 7225 0.001 13
United Kingdom 897 5739 0.002 20
Top States for POYNER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 114 14599 0.001 5
Florida 103 17515 0.001 6
Tennessee 90 6700 0.002 16
Virginia 86 8584 0.001 12
Arkansas 76 4283 0.003 28
Top States for POYNER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Arkansas 76 4283 0.003 28
Washington DC 14 4450 0.002 24
Kentucky 68 6179 0.002 17
Tennessee 90 6700 0.002 16
Oklahoma 48 8569 0.001 14

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called POYNER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called POYNER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called POYNER in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a POYNER by picking someone at random in Arkansas than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of POYNER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the POYNER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the POYNER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of POYNER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 99 6.99
White (Hispanic) 25 1.76
Mixed Race 15 1.06
White (Caucasian) 1,271 89.7
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the POYNER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of POYNER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of POYNER.

Similar names to POYNER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as POYNER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for POYNER

The following words are slight variants of POYNER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.