Po'o Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Po'o Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Po'o Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea911:89,60111,921
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Po'o (43) may also be a first name.

Po'o Last Name Facts

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

The surname Po'o has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Po'o? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,882,912th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. Po'o occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Po'o live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Po'o is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name globally, borne by 43 people.

The last name Po'o is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 89,601. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Gulf, where 45 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 40 percent reside and National Capital District, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Po'ou892/
Po'oi892/
Po'oh891/
Poho752,350/
Pooh752,089/
Pouo75298/
Paoo7533/
Pooa7516/
Pa'o7515/
Po'a759/
Puoo753/
Poeo752/
Pooo751/
Poțo751/
Poiyo671,101/
Pogio67524/
Pouoa67330/
Pohou67115/
Pouoh6785/
Pouop6757/
Pohoa6722/
Pojio6717/
Poijo6715/
Po'ad6714/
Pojjo6712/
Pooad6712/
Poyio6710/
Phooa677/
Po'at676/
Phoho675/
Pfouo672/
Puoho672/
Pauoo671/
Paaoo671/
Puooy671/
Pooas671/
Pohoo671/
Pohoh671/
Puooa671/
Poood671/
Phaoo671/
Poeho671/
Pouou671/
Pouot671/
Poohy670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Po'o
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis