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Polden Family History

Polden Surname Meaning

from Polden Hill (Somerset) which is recorded as Poweldun in 1235–52 and Poulden in 124. The place-name derives from the name of a lost place recorded as Pouholt in a 14th-century copy of a document from 729 + Old English dūn ‘hill’.

The place-name recorded as Pouholt may derive from Old Welsh pou ‘country’ + Old English holt ‘wood thicket’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Polden families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Polden family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1840 and 1920. The most Polden families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 4 Polden families living in Ontario. This was about 80% of all the recorded Polden's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Polden families in 1911.
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What did your Polden ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Polden. 100% of Polden men worked as a Farmer.

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There are 524 military records available for the last name Polden. For the veterans among your Polden ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1960 and 2003, in the United States, Polden life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1960, and highest in 1984. The average life expectancy for Polden in 1960 was 46, and 70 in 2003.

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