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POYNTER

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There are approximately 1,980 people named Poynter in the UK. That makes it the 4,533rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 31 are named Poynter.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Pointer
Ponter
Pionter
Pinter
Paynter
Pointe
Pointter
Pointier
Pointere
Pointers
Pointeer
Pointor
Pointar
Pointiers
Pointerf
Pointereau
Ponnter
Pontere
Pointoro
Poniter
Pontera
Pointher
Pointard
Pontar
Paiynter
Pointurier

The Poynter surname in historical dictionaries

POYNTER. POINTER. A. jioint, in ancient costume, was a kind of tagged lace, and hence a Pointer may have been a maker of such articles.* Some of the Poynters, however, are of French origin, being descendants of Ambrose Pointier, of Arras, who settled here at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The armorials of this family arepoi»tciUj allusive ; the shield contains pointed piles; the crest is a hand holding a cross-fitchee, or pointed, to which the fore-finger points ; while the motto is Pense a jjointer.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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