Pöysä Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Pöysä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 224 | 1:24,539 | 3,373 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Poysa (45) are calculated separately.
Pöysä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pöysä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pöysä occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Poysa. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pöysä? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pöysä is the 1,085,744th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöysä live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Pöysä is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 24,539. In Finland Pöysä is mostly found in: Kymenlaakso, where 32 percent live, Uusimaa, where 29 percent live and Southern Savonia, where 20 percent live. Besides Finland Pöysä exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poysa | 87 | 45 | / |
| Pöytä | 80 | 22 | / |
| Päysä | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pys | 75 | 418 | / |
| Pös | 75 | 26 | / |
| Pays | 67 | 2,222 | / |
| Peys | 67 | 737 | / |
| Pösö | 67 | 178 | / |
| Pöss | 67 | 158 | / |
| Pyas | 67 | 114 | / |
| Pyse | 67 | 88 | / |
| Pyso | 67 | 56 | / |
| Pyus | 67 | 52 | / |
| Pöse | 67 | 35 | / |
| Poys | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pyos | 67 | 27 | / |
| Pysa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Pyes | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pesä | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pyis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pysi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piys | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pyys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hpys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pbys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pysu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pyss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pöhs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pöyhö | 60 | 6 | / |
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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 Pöysä
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