Pointon Family History
Pointon Name Meaning
English (Midlands): habitational name from Pointon in Lincolnshire,
Poynton in Cheshire, or Poynton Green in Shropshire. The first is
named from Old English Pohhingtun ‘settlement (Old English
tun) associated with Pohha’, a byname apparently
meaning ‘bag’; the others have as the first element the Old English
personal names Pofa and Peofa respectively.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pointon Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pointon families
 4 - 6  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pointon families
|
389 - 775 130 - 388 |
1 - 129 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pointon Family Origin
Pointon Immigration Information
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Pointon Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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