Poliou Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Poliou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 12 | 1:923,316 | 84,525 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Poliou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poliou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poliou is more commonly found in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poliou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Poliou is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Poliou live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
Poliou is most frequently used in Greece, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 923,316. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 33 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 33 percent live and Epirus, where 33 percent live. Other than Greece this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pouliou | 92 | 1,484 | / |
| Pouliout | 86 | 4 | / |
| Poulious | 86 | 3 | / |
| Poloju | 83 | 6,187 | / |
| Paliou | 83 | 323 | / |
| Polihu | 83 | 48 | / |
| Poleou | 83 | 26 | / |
| Poliju | 83 | 5 | / |
| Poloau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pollioutt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Polloju | 77 | 61 | / |
| Palliou | 77 | 25 | / |
| Poliahu | 77 | 20 | / |
| Paliouz | 77 | 9 | / |
| Polihau | 77 | 6 | / |
| Polooju | 77 | 4 | / |
| Polojuu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pooloju | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pouloju | 77 | 3 | / |
| Poulieu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paliouo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pohleiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Potloju | 77 | 1 | / |
| Polouju | 77 | 1 | / |
| Polju | 73 | 8 | / |
| Pauliout | 71 | 24 | / |
| Pollojju | 71 | 3 | / |
| Palogiou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pouleous | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pallious | 71 | 0 | / |
| Palaou | 67 | 58 | / |
| Poluju | 67 | 57 | / |
| Peloiu | 67 | 48 | / |
| Poleju | 67 | 27 | / |
| Pelaou | 67 | 18 | / |
| Palieu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Paliju | 67 | 8 | / |
| Păloiu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paloiu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Palihu | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Poliou
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