Poissan Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Poissan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Poissan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poissan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poissan occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Poissan.
How Common Is The Last Name Poissan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Poissan live; 100 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Gallo-North America.
The last name is most widespread in Canada, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 18,422,796. In Canada Poissan is most common in: Quebec, where 100 percent reside. Besides Canada this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside.
Poissan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Poissan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Poissan surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Poissan
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