Peo Surname

182,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Nauru

Peo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7281:74,4209,253
Vietnam3871:239,3951,039
Indonesia3441:384,44532,798
United States2781:1,303,80991,323
Botswana1541:14,2012,743
Lesotho1161:17,5223,742
Papua New Guinea901:90,59712,060
Solomon Islands401:14,5012,727
Iran311:2,476,85681,358
India221:34,866,608408,224
Nauru211:566163
England171:3,277,533109,658
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:643,82942,510

The alternate forms: Péo (1) are calculated separately.

Peo (3,581) may also be a first name.

Peo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Peo (Georgian: ფეო) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Péo. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peo? popularity and diffusion

Peo is the 182,229th most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,123,680 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Peo live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 118,294th most commonly held forename globally, held by 3,581 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 728 people, or 1 in 74,420. In South Africa Peo is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 28 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and North West, where 17 percent reside. Not including South Africa it is found in 42 countries. It is also found in Vietnam, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 15 percent reside.

Peo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Peo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Peo last name expanded 356 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Peo are 20.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.31% registered with the political party.

The amount Peo earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 2.95% less than the national average, earning R 230,616 per year; in United States they earn 2.13% more than the national average, earning $44,066 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.25% less than the national average, earning $32,665 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Péo891/
Peot86579/
Peou86479/
Peos86268/
Peho86163/
Pheo86158/
Peao86150/
Peop8663/
Peoa8635/
Peeo8618/
Peoh8614/
Peľo8610/
Peoy868/
Pieo865/
Peoi862/
Peoz861/
Pfeo861/
Pe'o861/
Peĺo861/
Peod861/
Peoo861/
Pehou75853/
Pheho75157/
Peoch7537/
Peiyo7529/
Peijo7515/
Peous7510/
Pejjo7510/
Pegio7510/
Pieho759/
Peosh757/
Pehoa756/
Peooy753/
Peuyo753/
Pheoh751/
Pejgo751/
Peoid751/
Peocz751/
Peoux751/
Phieo751/
Pheos751/
Peoud751/
Peost751/
Peaop751/
Pehho751/
Pehop751/
Pejho751/
Peotz750/
Peodd750/
Peoss750/
Pieou750/
Peoth750/
Pio6750,762/
Pyo6732,948/
Pea6722,657/
Pegiou67306/
Pío6725/
Peyios6721/
Pjo6712/
Pehosh6712/
Peujio675/
Pheoph673/
Peouss673/
Peijou672/
Peouth672/
Peijoo672/
Peiyoy672/
Peá671/
Peeous671/
Peyjou671/
Pehhou671/
Peyjoo671/
Pheotz670/
Pheots670/

Peo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peo in the Georgian language
ფეოpeo-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peo
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