Poteau Surname

133,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Poteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti1,9041:5,611673
France1,1781:56,3867,500
United States2321:1,562,323105,498
Canada401:921,14070,350
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
England61:9,286,343223,652
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Poteau (34) may also be a first name.

Poteau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poteau is more frequently found in Haiti than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poteau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 133,169th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,152,258 people. The last name Poteau is predominantly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Poteau reside; 56 percent reside in Caribbean and 56 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 34 people.

Poteau is most commonly held in Haiti, where it is borne by 1,904 people, or 1 in 5,611. In Haiti it is primarily concentrated in: Ouest, where 58 percent live, Artibonite, where 31 percent live and Sud-Est, where 10 percent live. Aside from Haiti this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in France, where 35 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Poteau Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Poteau are 19.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.55% registered with the party.

The amount Poteau earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 11.95% more than the national average, earning $48,307 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.98% less than the national average, earning $35,283 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pouteau921,935/
Potea91316/
Pottieau861/
Poutieau861/
Pateau83720/
Poteah8371/
Poteha835/
Poteay833/
Pohtea832/
Poștea832/
Potjau831/
Potyea830/
Pothieu7746/
Potaiyu774/
Potteah773/
Potecea773/
Poutieu772/
Potehea771/
Pouteha771/
Potejus771/
Poteeah771/
Posteiu771/
Poteous770/
Patea73398/
Potia73290/
Potja73109/
Potya7365/
Pâtea734/
Potiu731/
Pouthieu711/
Poiteous711/
Photya67418/
Potoju67173/
Pateha67138/
Potiah67110/
Pateah6780/
Potiua6771/
Poutia6737/
Photyayut6722/
Potiha6719/
Paștea6719/
Photia6713/
Pattea6712/
Pathea677/
Potuju677/
Pateyu676/
Potyus675/
Pothia675/
Postia674/
Pootja674/
Poutya673/
Patieu672/
Phatea672/
Pothya671/
Potiju671/
Poitia671/
Pottia671/
Potija671/
Pateju671/
Potiat671/
Potius671/
Potyie671/
Potias671/
Patiea671/
Phothiayu671/
Puotia671/
Postiu671/
Poteshayi671/
Phooteeat671/
Potyha671/
Potjie671/

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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 Poteau
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