Pómez Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Equatorial Guinea

Pómez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pómez 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
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984

The alternate forms: Pomez (235) are calculated separately.

Pómez Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pómez occurs more in Peru more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Pomez. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pómez.

How Common Is The Last Name Pómez? popularity and diffusion

Pómez is the 8,193,072nd most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Pómez occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Pómez are found; 40 percent are found in South America and 40 percent are found in Andean South America.

This last name is most common in Peru, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 15,892,062. Beside Peru this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 40 percent reside and Equatorial Guinea, where 20 percent reside.

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
Pomez93235/
Pamez8014/
Pommez73129/
Pgomez736/
Pamiez736/
Pomiez732/
Pame677,599/
Pome671,253/
Pommiez67103/
Pomietz671/
Pammerz671/
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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 Pómez
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