Pô Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Pô Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pô 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
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Po (34,866), Pó (131), Pö (3) & Pò (2) are calculated separately.

Pô Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pô is found most in Benin. It can also be found as a variant: Po, Pó, Pö or Pò. Click here for other potential spellings of Pô.

How Common Is The Last Name Pô? popularity and diffusion

Pô is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Pô is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Pô reside; 25 percent reside in Southern Africa and 25 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin it is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and France, where 25 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/
Pó83131/
Pö833/
Pò832/
Pôh809/
Pôp801/
Phô801/
P672,309/

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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 Pô
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