Poulos Surname
Approximately 11,336 people bear this surname
Poulos Surname Definition:
(Greek) The son, a shortened form of a longer name.
Read More About This SurnamePoulos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,375 | 1:49,147 | 5,957 |
| Greece | 1,970 | 1:5,624 | 602 |
| Australia | 816 | 1:33,083 | 4,374 |
| Israel | 637 | 1:13,434 | 2,052 |
| Canada | 296 | 1:124,478 | 13,021 |
| South Africa | 73 | 1:742,160 | 51,964 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
Poulos (465) may also be a first name.
Poulos Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Greek) The son, a shortened form of a longer name.
User-submitted Reference
-poulos is a patronymic suffix in Greek, akin to "vich" in Russian, "son" in English, or "sen" in Norwegian or Danish. It means 'son of'.
The name is common in Anglophone countries where it is simply a remnant of a Greek name crudely anglicized, e.g. Stavropoulos (Stevenson).
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Average Poulos Salary in
United States
$48,164 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Poulos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poulos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poulos (Hindi: पौलोस, Marathi: पौलोस) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Poulos.
How Common Is The Last Name Poulos? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poulos is the 45,738th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 642,867 people. Poulos is mostly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Poulos are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 395,119th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 465 people.
Poulos is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 7,375 people, or 1 in 49,147. In The United States Poulos is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 15 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 46 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.
Poulos Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Poulos surname are 5.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.04% being registered with the political party.
The amount Poulos earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 108.18% more than the national average, earning R 494,712 per year; in United States they earn 11.62% more than the national average, earning $48,164 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.77% more than the national average, earning $58,015 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulos | 91 | 708 | / |
| Pouls | 91 | 660 | / |
| Popoulos | 86 | 1 | / |
| Poules | 83 | 240 | / |
| Poulse | 83 | 28 | / |
| Poulls | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phouls | 83 | 0 | / |
| Puls | 80 | 9,928 | / |
| Pols | 80 | 4,008 | / |
| Poulhes | 77 | 204 | / |
| Poulles | 77 | 50 | / |
| Pouyles | 77 | 22 | / |
| Pouless | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poulese | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pauls | 73 | 13,411 | / |
| Poles | 73 | 3,956 | / |
| Poels | 73 | 3,865 | / |
| Pulse | 73 | 1,209 | / |
| Pules | 73 | 738 | / |
| Pulst | 73 | 730 | / |
| Polls | 73 | 157 | / |
| Pools | 73 | 129 | / |
| Pulsz | 73 | 52 | / |
| Pulss | 73 | 47 | / |
| Pulls | 73 | 36 | / |
| Polsz | 73 | 27 | / |
| Phols | 73 | 18 | / |
| Puhls | 73 | 17 | / |
| Polss | 73 | 9 | / |
| Pulsh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Poulx | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puyls | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paulse | 67 | 8,037 | / |
| Pulles | 67 | 2,119 | / |
| Paules | 67 | 1,792 | / |
| Polles | 67 | 574 | / |
| Poehls | 67 | 561 | / |
| Pooles | 67 | 141 | / |
| Puglis | 67 | 72 | / |
| Pulese | 67 | 43 | / |
| Phulse | 67 | 39 | / |
| Phauls | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pulsch | 67 | 31 | / |
| Paulls | 67 | 24 | / |
| Poeles | 67 | 16 | / |
| Pulhes | 67 | 11 | / |
| Poless | 67 | 9 | / |
| Paulst | 67 | 7 | / |
| Peules | 67 | 6 | / |
| Phules | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vanopulos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paulss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pulsth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poucelles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paulûs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poulez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pholes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Puslls | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pullse | 67 | 0 | / |
Poulos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poulos in the Hindi language | ||
| पौलोस | paulosa | - |
| Poulos in the Marathi language | ||
| पौलोस | paulosa | - |
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