Po Surname

15,995th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Myanmar
Highest density in:
Macau

Po Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Po Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Myanmar9,6661:5,373212
Philippines4,3571:23,2363,046
Indonesia4,3321:30,5283,587
Vietnam4,0631:22,802400
India2,7201:282,00916,046
United States1,2351:293,48927,195
Hong Kong9981:7,350275
Italy9021:67,80112,047
Egypt6101:150,71411,610
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Malaysia4771:61,8334,629
Canada3691:99,85310,844
China3511:3,895,503420
Cambodia3211:48,2471,803
Brazil3001:713,58126,162
Iran2831:271,31619,915
Thailand2781:254,09543,200
United Arab Emirates2491:36,7963,882
Taiwan2421:96,879951
Macau2341:2,571249
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Singapore1931:28,5371,098
Australia1901:142,08315,253
France1811:366,97654,730
Portugal1701:61,2843,295
Pakistan1511:1,183,07214,271
South Korea1331:385,265230
Cameroon1041:199,70320,621
England961:580,39635,131
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Ivory Coast561:411,98613,976
Mexico551:2,256,84019,878
Argentina501:854,86855,754
Papua New Guinea421:194,13626,902
Qatar411:57,5125,907
New Zealand401:113,20814,508
Spain371:1,263,56942,239
Netherlands361:469,08846,010
Ukraine261:1,750,873130,688
Israel211:407,50632,346
Poland211:1,809,94093,678
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Greece171:651,75273,285
Burkina Faso161:1,147,00610,865
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Guatemala121:1,340,2225,550
Japan111:11,622,20845,659
Norway111:467,48139,375
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Turkey81:9,727,678134,647
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
Congo51:997,81917,129
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malta11:430,2723,380
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

The alternate forms: (131), (4) & (2) are calculated separately.

Po (227,523) may also be a first name.

Po Last Name Facts

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

Po (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻡ, Hindi: पो, Marathi: पो, Oriya: େପା, Tibetan: པོ།) occurs most in Myanmar. It can also be found in the variant forms: , or . For other potential spellings of Po click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Po? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 15,995th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 209,016 people. The surname Po occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Po live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 28 percent live in Burmo-Asia. Po is also the 4,612th most common given name internationally It is held by 227,523 people.

It is most numerous in Myanmar, where it is carried by 9,666 people, or 1 in 5,373. Without taking into account Myanmar this surname occurs in 127 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.

Po Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Po has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Po surname expanded 3,529 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Po Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Po are 16.81% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.04% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Po earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.78% more than the national average, earning $50,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.24% more than the national average, earning $64,212 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
83131/
834/
832/
Pop80252,709/
Pho8036,087/
Poh8023,632/
Pot8016,485/
Pou8015,031/
Poo808,897/
Pod808,804/
Poy805,643/
Pos805,502/
Poi804,710/
Poz802,206/
Poa801,653/
Poš80232/
Poß80165/
Puo80155/
Poş80147/
Poč80130/
Ppo80111/
Poj8079/
Pgo8070/
Poç8058/
Pfo8041/
Poï8020/
Poî806/
Hpo805/
Poá804/
Vpo803/
Poë801/
Post6765,601/
Poot6749,577/
Puot6747,308/
Popp6746,331/
Podh6730,261/
Phoo6713,389/
Pott6711,353/
Pooe676,676/
Poch675,882/
Poss675,596/
Poux672,609/
Poos672,536/
Pous672,440/
Pohu671,535/
Pots671,492/
Posh671,371/
Phot671,113/
Phoa671,081/
Podd67957/
Pout67765/
Puod67735/
Pois67670/
Phou67646/
Phoi67610/
Pouh67610/
Pood67536/
Poit67450/
Pfoh67422/
Posz67301/
Phuo67288/
Podt67247/
Phoy67188/
Pods67111/
Pouč6796/
Potì6781/
Poud6777/
Poup6772/
Phos6751/
Poiß6747/
Pfoo6738/
Phop6734/
Poys6732/
Poës6729/
Pooj6726/
Poiz6726/
Poip6726/
Puoy6724/
Pooz6722/
Phoh6719/
Pocz6718/
Poët6718/
Pozz6716/
Pooa6716/
Pooy6715/
Pooß6712/
Hpoo6710/
Hpoi679/
Pohy679/
Po'a679/
Poić679/
Phod678/
Pouz678/
Poop677/
Pohh676/
Popf675/
Počs675/
Poyd674/
Posp674/
Phoz674/
Poľa674/
Pouš674/
Pooú674/
Poph673/
Posd673/
Poșa673/
Poiy673/
Poyp672/
Poëy672/
Pgoy672/
Vpoi672/
Vpoo672/
Hpho672/
Hpoz672/
Hppo672/
Bpos672/
Pgoj672/
Phho672/
Ppoo672/
Pojs672/
Pohj672/
Poih671/
Puoe671/
Puos671/
Poyt671/
Pfou671/
Pgoh671/
Phoj671/
Bpou671/
Hpou671/
D'Po671/
Podz671/
Pohz671/
Hpos671/
Pfos671/
Potp671/
Počš671/
Bpoa671/
Pgou671/
Poyh671/
Puop671/
Pooë671/
Pfod671/
Pobp671/
Poyj671/
Potd671/
Ppoa671/
Ppoh671/
Ppoi671/
Ppoj671/
Pppo671/
Ppuo671/
Pfoa671/
Pfoj671/
Pfop671/
Poij671/
Pohd671/
Vpou671/
Bhpo671/
Bpoj671/
Bpuo671/
Hpot671/
Hpuo671/
Hhpo671/
Po'e670/
Poid670/

Po Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Po in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻡam-
Po in the Tibetan language
པོ།po-
Po in the Hindi language
पोpo-
Po in the Oriya language
େପାepa-
Po in the Marathi language
पोpo98.59
पॉpo1.41

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Po
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