Poyu Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Poyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poyu (193) may also be a first name.
Poyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poyu (Oriya: େପାୟୁ, Russian: Пою) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poyu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 43 percent of Poyu live; 41 percent live in Oceania Islands and 41 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Poyu is also the 653,740th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 193 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 87 percent are found, Morobe, where 10 percent are found and East Sepik, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 18 percent are found and Russia, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poyu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poyu in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାୟୁ | epayu | 87.5 |
| େପାୟୂ | epayu | 12.5 |
| Poyu in the Russian language | ||
| Пою | pou | - |
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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 Poyu
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