Poireau Surname
Approximately 621 people bear this surname
Poireau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 570 | 1:116,531 | 17,546 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Poireau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poireau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poireau is found most in France. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poireau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 523,160th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Poireau are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 570 people, or 1 in 116,531. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 43 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 30 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 10 percent live. Besides France this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 4 percent live and New Caledonia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Poireau
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