Poisa Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Poisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 200 | 1:10,250 | 1,507 |
| Argentina | 47 | 1:909,434 | 58,335 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Poiša (4) are calculated separately.
Poisa (52) may also be a first name.
Poisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poisa occurs most in Latvia. It can also be found as: Poiša. For other possible spellings of Poisa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poisa? popularity and diffusion
Poisa is the 748,537th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name Poisa is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Poisa are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 1,381,723rd most common first name globally, held by 52 people.
This surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 10,250. In Latvia Poisa is most frequent in: Latgale, where 63 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 31 percent live and Semigallia, where 7 percent live. Other than Latvia it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 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
- 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 Poisa
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