Poganu Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Poganu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Poganu 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
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Poganu Last Name Facts

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

Poganu is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Poganu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poganu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Poganu live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Poganu is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,346,312. In Romania it is most frequent in: Mehedinți County, where 67 percent live, Caraș-Severin County, where 17 percent live and Timiș County, where 17 percent live. Excluding Romania it occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 33 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
Paganu838/
Puganu831/
Paganus77174/
Phaganu77125/
Paganou7764/
Pongonu7725/
Panganu775/
Phuganu771/
Peuganou711/
Pogounou711/
Pougounou671/
Pegenau6226/
Pagonou6219/
Pagonus621/
Pegounou571/
Phegounou531/
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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 Poganu
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