Poils Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Poils Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poils Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Poils Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poils occurs most in Belgium. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poils? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Poils live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Poils is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 1,149,664. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 90 percent live and Flemish Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Belgium this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 7 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.

Poils Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Poils has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poiles9180/
Pols894,008/
Poles803,956/
Poels803,865/
Piles801,331/
Pijls80785/
Pouls80660/
Piels80464/
Pohls80233/
Polls80157/
Pools80129/
Phils8098/
Polst8087/
Pails8077/
Polse8074/
Polsz8027/
Phols8018/
Polss809/
Polhs807/
Potls801/
Poyls801/
Pitls801/
Pgils800/
Potilles771/
Pujols7318,877/
Polese734,381/
Polles73574/
Poehls73561/
Pieles73322/
Phills73310/
Poules73240/
Powels73212/
Pailes73178/
Pooles73141/
Philes73122/
Pheils73115/
Polesz7346/
Philse7331/
Poulse7328/
Pouels7326/
Poeles7316/
Poless739/
Phiels739/
Pioles738/
Pilhes738/
Peijls738/
Pilest736/
Pojols733/
Puyols733/
Posles732/
Pitels732/
Pohles732/
Patils731/
Poulls731/
Peiles731/
Pijols731/
Pilehs731/
Pilese731/
Pilesz731/
Pejols731/
Poyals731/
Poyles730/
Phails730/
Pisles730/
Pholes730/
Posels730/
Pecils730/
Polest730/
Phouls730/
Pals673,770/
Polz672,324/
Pailhes671,315/
Powells67346/
Pailles67340/
Poulhes67204/
Poyales67118/
Puyoles67104/
Poujols6792/
Poulles6750/
Pielsch6746/
Pejoles6740/
Pouyles6722/
Pollese6719/
Polsová679/
Poglies679/
Powelss675/
Poyeles674/
Polsova673/
Páls673/
Pujiles673/
Pujoles672/
Polesse672/
Polless671/
Patills671/
Pujools671/
Pouless671/
Poweles671/
Philles671/
Phoehls671/
Phoolse671/
Pachils671/
Paihles671/
Pojales671/
Poelles671/
Polš671/
Pouelse671/
Pottles670/
Pitills670/
Phailes670/
Pujolls670/
Pilesse670/
Pootles670/
Possels670/
Pitless670/
Poulese670/
Posells670/

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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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  • 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 Poils
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