Poobun Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Poobun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poobun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Poobun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poobun Come From? nationality or country of origin

Poobun is more commonly found in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poobun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Poobun occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Poobun live; 67 percent live in East Asia and 67 percent live in Sino-East Asia.

The last name Poobun is most commonly used in Taiwan, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,861,186. In Taiwan it is primarily found in: Taichung City, where 100 percent live. Apart from Taiwan this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pobun914/
Phobun83930/
Photbun77221/
Poonpun7751/
Poompun7712/
Phohbun776/
Pooboon774/
Poowung772/
Poboung771/
Powon731,536/
Pobon7343/
Pabun7313/
Pubun731/
Poonphun712/
Phooboon712/
Phoompun711/
Phubun67324/
Phabun67120/
Poboon6734/
Pabung6733/
Ponpun6728/
Paubun6718/
Powoon6714/
Paboon6713/
Phobon6710/
Pompun678/
Poubon674/
Phowun673/
Puboon673/
Patbun672/
Phowon671/
Phoomphun671/
Poboum671/
Paboun671/
Pabeun671/
Pawoun671/
Pavoun671/

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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 Poobun
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