Poyurs Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Poyurs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poyurs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England91:6,190,895170,599

Poyurs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poyurs is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poyurs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Poyurs is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Poyurs is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Poyurs live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa Poyurs is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 76 percent reside, Western Cape, where 16 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent reside. Not including South Africa Poyurs occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent reside and England, where 19 percent reside.

Poyurs Last Name Statistics demography

Poyurs earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.07% more than the national average, earning R 425,532 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pihours7714/
Payours775/
Piurs734/
Peors730/
Payors675/
Pojors671/
Pihurs671/
Pujors671/
Pheors670/
Peorsch6213/
Poweors620/
Piehorsch5311/
Piurce501/

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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 Poyurs
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