Pooye Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Pooye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 95 | 1:808,237 | 40,284 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
Pooye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pooye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pooye is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,573,888th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Pooye live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Pooye is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 808,237. In Iran Pooye is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 24 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 17 percent reside and Hormozgan Province, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Pooye
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