Poitau Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Poitau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 78 | 1:851,573 | 100,617 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poitau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poitau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poitau is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poitau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poitau is the 1,871,545th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Poitau are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Poitau is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 851,573. In France Poitau is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 40 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 19 percent live and Île-de-France, where 19 percent live. Not including France this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Canada, 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
- 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 Poitau
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