Ponsonby

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ponsonby (countable and uncountable, plural Ponsonbys)

1. A hamlet and civil parish in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0505).
2. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
3. Former name of Boileau, Quebec, Canada.
4. A rural community in Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
5. A habitational surname.

Derived terms

• Ponsonby Rule

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ponsonby is the 153769^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 106 individuals. Ponsonby is most common among White (97.17%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ponsonby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.