Poulos Surname

45,738th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greece

Poulos Surname Definition:

(Greek) The son, a shortened form of a longer name.

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Poulos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3751:49,1475,957
Greece1,9701:5,624602
Australia8161:33,0834,374
Israel6371:13,4342,052
Canada2961:124,47813,021
South Africa731:742,16051,964
England311:1,797,35772,927
India291:26,450,530346,896
France131:5,109,440259,941
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guam11:160,1214,893
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Aruba11:103,4772,586

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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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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) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poulos? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 45,738th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 642,867 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Poulos live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. Poulos is also the 395,119th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 465 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 7,375 people, or 1 in 49,147. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 15 percent reside, New York, where 11 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in 46 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Poulos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Poulos last name are 5.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.04% registered with the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pulos91708/
Pouls91660/
Popoulos861/
Poules83240/
Poulse8328/
Poulls831/
Phouls830/
Puls809,928/
Pols804,008/
Poulhes77204/
Poulles7750/
Pouyles7722/
Pouless771/
Poulese770/
Pauls7313,411/
Poles733,956/
Poels733,865/
Pulse731,209/
Pules73738/
Pulst73730/
Polls73157/
Pools73129/
Pulsz7352/
Pulss7347/
Pulls7336/
Polsz7327/
Phols7318/
Puhls7317/
Polss739/
Pulsh736/
Poulx732/
Puyls731/
Paulse678,037/
Pulles672,119/
Paules671,792/
Polles67574/
Poehls67561/
Pooles67141/
Puglis6772/
Pulese6743/
Phulse6739/
Phauls6732/
Pulsch6731/
Paulls6724/
Poeles6716/
Pulhes6711/
Poless679/
Paulst677/
Peules676/
Phules673/
Vanopulos672/
Paulss672/
Pulsth671/
Poucelles671/
Paulûs671/
Poulez671/
Pholes670/
Puslls670/
Pullse670/

Poulos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poulos in the Hindi language
पौलोसpaulosa-
Poulos in the Marathi language
पौलोसpaulosa-

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