Poaru Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Poaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Poaru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Cook Islands101:1,818480
Australia71:3,856,529135,538

Poaru (10) may also be a first name.

Poaru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poaru (Hindi: पोआरु) is more frequently found in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poaru? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Poaru is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Poaru live; 69 percent live in Australasia and 69 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 10 people.

Poaru is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 301,888. In New Zealand Poaru is mostly found in: Auckland Region, where 53 percent live, Canterbury Region, where 40 percent live and Wellington Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from New Zealand it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Cook Islands, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poharu9171/
Poareu9170/
Pahoru731/
Paourou6731/
Pohorou6711/
Pohorui678/
Puiareu674/
Pohourou6247/
Pääru6019/
Pohoroo505/

Poaru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poaru in the Hindi language
पोआरुpo'aru-

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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 Poaru
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