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Webster Dictionary

  1. Pounds

    of Pound

  2. Pounds

    of Pound

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. POUNDS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pounds is ranked #5121 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pounds surname appeared 6,838 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Pounds.

    68.2% or 4,666 total occurrences were White.
    26.2% or 1,794 total occurrences were Black.
    2.5% or 175 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.9% or 132 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.5% or 37 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 34 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'pounds' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1574

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'pounds' in Written Corpus Frequency: #204

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pounds in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pounds in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of pounds in a Sentence

  1. Katerina Kyrgiou:

    I tried the day before yesterday to buy a coach ticket for 15 pounds from Nottingham to London and the website wouldn't let me.

  2. Tameeka Gwyn:

    Every day, we had to carry ladders and buckets with, like, 60 pounds of concrete up and down stairs.

  3. Sarah Lowe:

    An obese or overweight patient who presents to a cancer center may have been 50 pounds heavier four months ago, The fact that they are still overweight or obese may visually camouflage their compromised nutrition status, but they are still likely nutritionally depleted and at risk for continued significant weight loss.

  4. Duane Smith:

    We ended up with two pounds of scrap metal and 40 pounds of gun.

  5. David Deng Athorbei:

    Our gross oil revenues are expected to amount to three million one hundred and eighty six South Sudanese pounds.

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