Poasi Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Solomon Islands
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Poasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Solomon Islands141:41,4318,080
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Poasi (171) may also be a first name.

Poasi Last Name Facts

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

Poasi (Oriya: େପାଅଶି) is held by more people in The Solomon Islands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poasi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Poasi reside; 90 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 698,971st most frequently held first name internationally, held by 171 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 41,431. In The Solomon Islands it is most common in: Malaita Province, where 100 percent live. Not including The Solomon Islands it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poatsi915/
Poasai911/
Pouasi911/
Pohasyi83631/
Pouassi83235/
Phoasai838/
Pohasei833/
Pouasit831/
Poasa80343/
Paosi8076/
Poazi8011/
Poase800/
Pouassie771/
Pouassai771/
Phaosi73151/
Pohaci7343/
Poyosi7320/
Paossi7318/
Pohaji7310/
Poasse739/
Poatsy738/
Poacih737/
Paeosi735/
Paojai734/
Paosoi733/
Paousi732/
Poaisa732/
Phoase731/
Poaiza731/
Phoasa731/
Paosei731/
Paotsi731/
Paocai731/
Poasey730/
Pohashe67318/
Pouossi67107/
Paochai6767/
Pouasse6754/
Phaeosi6729/
Phaosoi675/
Phaosit674/
Paoussi672/
Pouachi672/
Pohoshi671/
Paheasi671/
Pohaciy671/
Poaches671/

Poasi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poasi in the Oriya language
େପାଅଶିepa'asi-

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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 Poasi
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