Poiou Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Poiou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poiou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea971:84,05911,132
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Poiou Last Name Facts

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

Poiou is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poiou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Poiou live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Poiou is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 84,059. In Papua New Guinea Poiou is most prevalent in: Manus, where 76 percent reside, National Capital District, where 7 percent reside and East New Britain, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piou89901/
Poiu8961/
Pougiou837/
Poggiou831/
Poyou8037/
Pijou8019/
Poius8014/
Piohu8010/
Opiou808/
Pojou806/
Poiyu805/
Pihou804/
Poiuy803/
Pooju802/
Piaou801/
Pioui801/
Poiux801/
Pogiu801/
Pooyu801/
Pieou800/
Piu756,631/
Pegiou73306/
Poggiu7325/
Piňous7315/
Poihui7312/
Pagiou738/
Pijjou735/
Phoyou733/
Peijou732/
Piooux732/
Poiuyt731/
Poiuhs731/
Piahou731/
Phojiu731/
Pooyud731/
Pius67136,774/
Puiu6713,714/
Peiu671,179/
Pihu67568/
Peou67479/
Piut67415/
Pițu67184/
Piju67149/
Piud67124/
Piua67110/
Piuz6779/
Poyu6774/
Poju6764/
Pieu6730/
Poujoux6725/
Piuh6722/
Pojouha6712/
Phiu679/
Piux676/
Piue676/
Pișu674/
Piuy672/
Pyou672/
Pjiu672/
Pfiu672/
Peoo671/
Pi'u671/
Vpiu671/
Phooyud671/
Ppiu671/

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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 Poiou
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis