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Povey
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Origin Of The Surname Povey
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Meaning Of The Surname Povey
From Bovey
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Interesting
Facts About
Povey
Povey is a difficult surname to trace the origins of. It is thought by some to have been a nickname for a person with wide, owlish eyes, and to have later stuck as a surname as with many nicknames. However, evidence for this is lacking, and some researchers believe it to have instead come about as a variation of ‘Bovey’, a locational name from Bovey in Devonshire. Locational surnames were traditionally given to a person who had moved to a new town, the name of their old residence being given to them as a surname to differentiate them. |
Povey Statistics
Povey is the number 721 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 13,185 share the surname Povey in the UK.
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