Poços Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Poços Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poços Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pocos (48), Pócos (20), Pocoš (5), Pocós (1) & Pócoš (16) are calculated separately.

Poços Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poços occurs most in Brazil. It may also occur as: Pocos, Pócos, Pocoš, Pocós or Pócoš. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poços? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Poços is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Poços live; 93 percent live in South America and 93 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 8,233,628. In Brazil Poços is most frequent in: Minas Gerais, where 65 percent live, São Paulo, where 15 percent live and Federal District, where 4 percent live. Not including Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pocos9348/
Poço89274/
Pócos8720/
Pocoš875/
Pocós871/
Pozos8018,859/
Poosa802,609/
Posos801,235/
Poças80973/
Paços8093/
Pócoš8016/
Poxos801/
Pouço801/
Potsos73146/
Possos73141/
Pochos7389/
Poosho7359/
Poczos7346/
Poosoo7330/
Phoosa7326/
Pocous7312/
Pozzos7311/
Poosat7310/
Posios736/
Poosha734/
Poosaa734/
Phooso732/
Pousos732/
Poszos731/
Poossa731/
Pasços731/
Pouças731/
Pootso731/
Pozo6799,944/
Posa678,269/
Poso676,735/
Paço67895/
Potsios67156/
Poça6750/
Pousios6740/
Podchos6740/
Poxo675/
Poizosh674/
Phoosod672/
Poosaad672/
Poodsap671/
Poçã671/
Phoosho671/
Poicios671/
Poosooa671/
Potrzos671/
Poisose671/
Phoosap671/

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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 Poços
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