Poh Yee Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Poh Yee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Poh Yee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poh Yee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poh Yee is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poh Yee? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Poh Yee is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Poh Yee reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname Poh Yee is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent reside and Perak, where 50 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 40 percent reside and Singapore, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Po Yee | 92 | 1 | / |
| Poi Yee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Boh Yee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Poyee | 83 | 61 | / |
| Pooi Yee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poh Hwee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poyaee | 77 | 18 | / |
| Pooyee | 77 | 9 | / |
| Poh Yi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Paoyee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pohwee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Powyee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poiyee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pi Yee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poye | 73 | 817 | / |
| Pyee | 73 | 12 | / |
| Poee | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pei Yee | 71 | 20 | / |
| Pui Yee | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pau Yee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pooyaee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poh Yii | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poh Wai Ee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pouye | 67 | 33,622 | / |
| Boyee | 67 | 467 | / |
| Poiye | 67 | 304 | / |
| Pooye | 67 | 130 | / |
| Poeea | 67 | 113 | / |
| Poeae | 67 | 76 | / |
| Payee | 67 | 73 | / |
| Poewe | 67 | 59 | / |
| Poeee | 67 | 10 | / |
| Powee | 67 | 8 | / |
| Poyeh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pioee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Po Yi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piyee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pyeye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paoee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poeue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pboee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poyye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peyee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pao Yueh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pio Y | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pooye-Ye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poo Y | 67 | 1 | / |
| Powye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poyey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pphye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poh A | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poh O | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhyee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poaye | 67 | 0 | / |
| Poyea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Poh Yee
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