Poifol Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Poifol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poifol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1591:417,75360,954
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Poifol Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poifol is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poifol? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,374,607th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. Poifol occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Poifol reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 417,753. In France Poifol is most prevalent in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 91 percent live, Île-de-France, where 6 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 1 percent live. Barring France Poifol exists in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pifol911/
Pofole834/
Pofohl830/
Phofole771/
Potfole771/
Pofal7320/
Pafol731/
Poful730/
Poufoule711/
Pofale675,069/
Pofahl67768/
Pefole6764/
Poffal6749/
Pifale675/
Pofhal673/
Potfal671/
Pafohl671/
Paiful671/
Piphol671/
Pofall670/

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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 Poifol
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