Poay Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Poay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Poay (1,021) may also be a first name.
Poay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poay is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poay is the 2,483,783rd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Poay live; 62 percent live in Southeast Asia and 58 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Poay is also the 251,260th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 1,021 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 2,593,121. In Indonesia Poay is mostly concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 59 percent are found and Papua, where 41 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 8 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Poay
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