Poyia Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Poyia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poyia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea701:116,48215,803
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Poyia (15) may also be a first name.

Poyia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poyia occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poyia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Poyia is the 2,203,767th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname Poyia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Poyia reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Poyia is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held forename globally It is held by 15 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 116,482. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western Highlands, where 93 percent live and Morobe, where 7 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Trinidad and Tobago, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poyhia9120/
Poyias914/
Poiya80691/
Pogia8074/
Payia8036/
Poyya8034/
Poyao8012/
Poyio8010/
Puyia805/
Poiao805/
Pojya803/
Poyea800/
Pia7522,686/
Poa751,653/
Pya75922/
Pojiah7332/
Pohiea7318/
Pougia7317/
Poioha737/
Phogia737/
Poyeah733/
Payija733/
Poiyae733/
Poiyap732/
Poiyas732/
Paoaya732/
Pooyao732/
Pogiea731/
Poujya731/
Poyaou731/
Payiah731/
Pouyaa731/
Peyiae731/
Pouyea730/
Pyae6714,272/
Pias6711,185/
Piat677,343/
Piah676,507/
Piad672,247/
Piaz671,278/
Poha671,249/
Piay671,096/
Phoa671,081/
Phya67971/
Poad67842/
Piha67825/
Pyat67633/
Poat67563/
Pija67498/
Paoa67416/
Poua67376/
Piða67364/
Poea67364/
Poas67351/
Pyay67335/
Poai67301/
Phia67238/
Poah67157/
Pyas67114/
Piap67103/
Pioy6780/
Pyha6765/
Poay6760/
Piea6745/
Pița6739/
Peoa6735/
Piaa6727/
Poap6722/
Piľa6719/
Pjoy6718/
Pooa6716/
Paoi6714/
Piae6713/
Poau6712/
Pioa679/
Po'a679/
Pyaj678/
Peoy678/
Phooyao677/
Pyad676/
Pyah674/
Pyoy674/
Poľa674/
Phoijai673/
Pgoa673/
Poșa673/
Pooyaei672/
Piãa672/
Piaś672/
Peoi672/
Pouyaei672/
Poyyath671/
Pjia671/
Piaú671/
Pahayia671/
Piňa671/
Poaz671/
Poyaghi671/
Bpoa671/
Pgia671/
Pjoa671/
Pjya671/
Poaj671/
Ppoa671/
Ppya671/
Piaj671/
Pfoa671/
Poohyao671/
Vpia671/

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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 Poyia
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