Poos Surname

170,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Poos Surname Definition:

From the Flemish, Pues; a personal name.

Poos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6411:125,59415,334
Luxembourg5351:1,085102
Netherlands3871:43,6367,423
United States3411:1,062,92977,588
Argentina1861:229,80318,801
Belgium1401:82,11912,906
Thailand811:872,078137,928
France671:991,384111,008
Canada551:669,92054,285
Hungary341:288,71422,080
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
England91:6,190,895170,599
Iran91:8,531,392160,212
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Poos (43) may also be a first name.

Poos Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Flemish, Pues; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Poos Last Name Facts

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

Poos (Hindi: पूस) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 170,055th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,873,638 people. The surname Poos occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Poos reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Poos is also the 1,545,828th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 43 people.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 641 people, or 1 in 125,594. In Germany Poos is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent are found and Hesse, where 6 percent are found. Beside Germany Poos occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Luxembourg, where 21 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 15 percent are found.

Poos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Poos has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Poos surname expanded 643 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Poos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Poos last name are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 87.5% being registered with the party.

The amount Poos earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 15.86% more than the national average, earning $49,991 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.26% more than the national average, earning $58,258 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poots891,042/
Poosz89171/
Poost89167/
Poose8935/
Poosh8925/
Pooss891/
Poo868,897/
Pos865,502/
Poosch8052/
Poodts8046/
Pooshs8011/
Phoose801/
Pootts800/
Post7565,601/
Poot7549,577/
Phoo7513,389/
Pose759,389/
Pooe756,676/
Poss755,596/
Pous752,440/
Pots751,492/
Posh751,371/
Pois75670/
Pood75536/
Poox75336/
Posz75301/
Poes75209/
Pods75111/
Pohs7593/
Phos7551/
Pfoo7538/
Poys7532/
Poës7529/
Pooj7526/
Pooz7522/
Pooa7516/
Pooy7515/
Pooß7512/
Hpoo7510/
Poop757/
Pooc756/
Počs755/
Posp754/
Pooú754/
Posc753/
Posd753/
Vpoo752/
Bpos752/
Ppoo752/
Pojs752/
Puos751/
Poxs751/
Hpos751/
Pfos751/
Pooë751/
Posx751/
Poosová732/
Potts6778,366/
Po6734,866/
Posch6712,488/
Posse676,430/
Pooch671,398/
Poshh67952/
Pfost67873/
Potse67770/
Poust67683/
Poist67541/
Poeys67346/
Poths67341/
Poiss67269/
Poush67229/
Poshe67221/
Pootz67141/
Poodt67133/
Pohus67100/
Poszt6791/
Pouts6782/
Poise6771/
Pouse6771/
Posze6727/
Pouss6726/
Poess6726/
Poesz6723/
Poysh6722/
Pohts6722/
Phoes6719/
Postt6718/
Pohst6716/
Poits6715/
Phose6711/
Pohse6711/
Pooij679/
Posht677/
Poyss677/
Phoot677/
Phooa677/
Poids675/
Poott673/
Pouds673/
Phooe673/
Phoss673/
Poyse672/
Podds672/
Phost672/
Phuos672/
Phosh672/
Posce672/
Phood672/
Pooie672/
Phooc671/
Possp671/
Poodh671/
Puoss671/
Pouhs671/
Pgoss671/
Phous671/
Phoxs671/
Possš671/
Phosd671/
Poihs671/
Poisz671/
Poišs671/
Potsh671/
Poohz671/
P'Ood671/
Pppoo671/
Poish670/
Pfous670/
Poyst670/
Poopp670/
Phods670/

Poos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poos in the Hindi language
पूसpusa-

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