Pooe Surname

73,704th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pooe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pooe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,3201:8,5721,082
Indonesia3251:406,92134,419
England111:5,065,278148,650
Lesotho91:225,84014,831
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Pooë (1) are calculated separately.

Pooe (36) may also be a first name.

Pooe Last Name Facts

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

Pooe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Pooë. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pooe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 73,704th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,091,604 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Pooe reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 36 people.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 6,320 people, or 1 in 8,572. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 55 percent live, North West, where 35 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Pooe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pooe has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pooe Last Name Statistics demography

Pooe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.1% less than the national average, earning R 216,012 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pooë921/
Pooer8916/
Phooe893/
Pooey892/
Pooeh892/
Pooie892/
Pooei891/
Poe86145,414/
Poo868,897/
Poojie801/
Poot7549,577/
Phoo7513,389/
Poos752,536/
Poey752,334/
Poet752,207/
Pohe752,130/
Poer75960/
Pood75536/
Phoe75373/
Poea75364/
Pooi75316/
Poes75209/
Poep75111/
Poei75107/
Pfoo7538/
Pooj7526/
Pooz7522/
Pooa7516/
Pooy7515/
Poed7512/
Hpoe7512/
Pooß7512/
Poee7510/
Hpoo7510/
Poop757/
Pooú754/
Bpoe752/
Poez752/
Vpoo752/
Ppoo752/
Puoe751/
Pfoe751/
Ppoe751/
Vpoe751/
Po'e750/
Phoohet732/
Po6734,866/
Pooch671,398/
Poots671,042/
Pouhe67805/
Phoey67442/
Poetz67373/
Poets67367/
Poeys67346/
Pouoa67330/
Poiye67304/
Poosz67171/
Poost67167/
Pohie67151/
Poett67145/
Pootz67141/
Poodt67133/
Poeea67113/
Pohei67110/
Poest67100/
Poehr6777/
Pojje6770/
Phoea6765/
Poheu6749/
Pfohe6747/
Phooi6743/
Phoet6737/
Poess6726/
Poosh6725/
Poesz6723/
Pojie6723/
Pohoa6722/
Phoes6719/
Poech6714/
Poije6711/
Pojge6710/
Poeee6710/
Pooij679/
Pooyé678/
Phoot677/
Phooa677/
Poeai677/
Poepp675/
Phoer675/
Phoez674/
Poott673/
Phoei673/
Pohet672/
Po'oi672/
Phood672/
Pooss671/
Bpoey671/
Poeuy671/
Poodh671/
Puooa671/
Poyye671/
Puohe671/
Pohez671/
Pfoer671/
Poerr671/
Po'ea671/
Ppoer671/
Poohz671/
P'Ood671/
Puoyo671/
Pppoo671/
Pohyo671/
Pooaj671/
Puooy671/
Pohey670/
Poopp670/
Poohy670/

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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 Pooe
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