Pó Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Pó Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pó Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1041:100,1754,850
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Angola41:6,747,3046,999

The alternate forms: Po (34,866), Pô (4) & Pò (2) are calculated separately.

Pó Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pó has its highest incidence in Portugal. It can be found as a variant: Po, Pô or Pò. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pó? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,565,797th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname Pó occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Pó live; 79 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 79 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most common in Portugal, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 100,175. Other than Portugal this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 18 percent are found and Angola, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Po8334,866/
Pô834/
Pò832/
Póč8044/
Pót8033/
Póe801/
Phó801/
Póth67372/
Pócz67165/
Pósz6753/
Pótz6711/
Póss673/
Póňa673/
Póch672/
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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 Pó
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