Poetry Surname

432,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 796 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Poetry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poetry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran7421:103,48010,041
Indonesia531:2,495,268147,726
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Poetry (114) may also be a first name.

Poetry Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poetry (Arabic: شعرا) is found most in Iran. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poetry? popularity and diffusion

Poetry is the 432,326th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,155,208 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Poetry are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 877,214th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 114 people.

The surname Poetry is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 742 people, or 1 in 103,480. In Iran Poetry is primarily found in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 26 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 22 percent reside and East Azerbaijan Province, where 14 percent reside. Not including Iran it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poetrey920/
Petry9134,299/
Potry9116/
Poery916/
Petrey832,551/
Pettry831,605/
Poetri83614/
Petray83439/
Petriy83229/
Petryi83215/
Petruy83166/
Petroy83122/
Peatry8387/
Poitry8375/
Poutry8338/
Pietry8310/
Potray833/
Poerry832/
Potryi831/
Peitry831/
Potrey831/
Potroy831/
Poeyry831/
Poeroy830/
Pettrey77431/
Poitrey7778/
Poetrih7774/
Pouetre7743/
Peatroy7721/
Pietroy7711/
Poutray774/
Pietrzy772/
Photray771/
Poitray771/
Peetrey770/
Petrray770/
Pottrey770/
Peatrey770/
Petre7349,906/
Petri7334,747/
Patry7311,020/
Potre731,307/
Potri73247/
Poeri7390/
Pétry7380/
Pötry7378/
Poere7312/
Petrj732/
Paery731/
Pätry731/
Pouettre71112/
Peattray710/
Petrie6725,690/
Petrea6713,127/
Pietri676,183/
Petree674,172/
Poerio671,822/
Poitra671,026/
Petroi67871/
Poutre67643/
Petrei67390/
Pietre67310/
Phetri67298/
Paitry67225/
Petrůj67154/
Patrey67132/
Photri67116/
Patryi67112/
Patray67107/
Petrui6789/
Pettri6776/
Potrie6769/
Petrai6760/
Peetre6755/
Potrea6752/
Petroj6743/
Petruj6740/
Peitre6735/
Peetri6733/
Poutra6729/
Pathry6728/
Pettre6721/
Petrih6720/
Poesri6715/
Poheri6713/
Peytre679/
Pothri679/
Petreň678/
Poitre678/
Petrij677/
Pohere676/
Poutré675/
Phoeri675/
Patruy675/
Poeroi674/
Pejtri674/
Poerez674/
Patrzy674/
Pettré673/
Poutri673/
Petrii673/
Petriș673/
Pohiry673/
Pattry672/
Photre672/
Peitri672/
Peitra672/
Poerea672/
Poettrich672/
Petreu672/
Poeree671/
Poerie671/
Pottre671/
Pottri671/
Patroy671/
Peatre671/
Petrre671/
Pethri671/
Petreh671/
Paerry671/
Potree671/
Peutre671/
Pietrí671/
Pooere671/
Potroi671/
Phetre671/
Pautry670/
Peatra670/

Poetry Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poetry in the Arabic language
شعراshra-

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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 Poetry
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