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
Pooye is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pooye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pooye is the 1,573,888th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Pooye occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Pooye reside; 73 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
It is most common in Iran, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 808,237. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 24 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 17 percent live and Hormozgan Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Iran this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and The Netherlands, where 8 percent live.
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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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