Poag Surname

291,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Poag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2051:300,79627,737
Canada661:558,26746,632
Northern Ireland221:83,8655,605
Scotland131:411,83217,291
England51:11,143,612252,590
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland471:94,2526,181
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2161:232,49419,571

Poag Last Name Facts

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

Poag is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poag? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 291,225th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,546,078 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Poag live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Poag is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1,205 people, or 1 in 300,796. In The United States it is most frequent in: Florida, where 9 percent are found, South Carolina, where 8 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 2 percent are found.

Poag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Poag has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Poag surname increased 558 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 260 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Poag Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Poag last name is primarily Presbyterian (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Poag surname are 6.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.4% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Poag earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.35% more than the national average, earning $45,890 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.07% less than the national average, earning $47,662 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poags8914/
Poague80412/
Poac7561/
Paog7538/
Poak7512/
Pouague736/
Poľak6771/
Phoak6739/
Pohak6723/
Poake6718/
Paoig6710/
Poaik671/
Pojog671/
Puiog671/
Pooak670/

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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 Poag
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