Po
loc · Latin script
Meaning: river, Italy
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Po is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 7.1Kas Poe
- USUnited States1 in 14Kas Poe
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Po itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 436 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
23,563 named Poe, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Poe in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
river, Italy
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Po counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 23,563as Poe | 1 in 14K | 24K | Poe | 436 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Poe | 85 |
| KP North Korea | #506 | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | Poe | 2 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Poe | 9 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 59 | Poe | 82 |
| SG Singapore | #595 | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | — | Poe | 43 |
| BR Brazil | — | 442 | 1 in 479K | 442 | Po | 1 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Poe | 4 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Poe | 30 |
23,563 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Po is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In cdo, Long garments or skirts; to proclaim the excel- lence or merits of ； to praise, to extol, to laud, to commend, as virtuous deeds : 、"\y" '^cJiiorig^ to praise ； "jx) 'pienf/, to and to censure ； com., mi ( coll. ,p ) ^pi), to COLL., '\ p6 ^n'eng Jiuoang please one by praising A district in Kiangsi, called iyomj; com., ^\'p6 iyong Jiu, the Po- yaiig Lake iu the north of
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In Akan, t?.[rec/.popo] -ani, to cast an angrg, piercing, intimidating look at; opo n'ani, opopo (opupuw) n'ani kyere me, opopo me, he threatens, frightens me, addresses me harshly, flies at me, speaks rough- ly to me, = otutu n'ani kyere me, ot^etee me huuahuna me, gye n'a- nim kyere me se, onya biribi a, obeye me. Oen, 42/.30
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In men, v., to cut down with anaxe; used with nwono, denotes repetition of the act. I ntgi nwonaa po po. Po i guila, cut it down, or make it fall
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In cdo, ― to to a *pwak. basin. An open dish, usually earthen ； a narrow-mouth- ' ed dish, used by Bonzes : \tiong <i pwak) to hand down the robe and dish leave, as one's profession disciple or a sou ； com., -,; pwong, a priest's dish or A-jf^ Read pa\ ； coll. jmak^ :
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In Akan, no, V. [red. pompono, pompro] 1, to bend; gp6no ne mu, ne naiikroma. — 2. perf. to be bent, crooked; to be arched, vaulted. — Cf kyea, kurum
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Empress Bob. 150CNnot in their usual nameSpouse of Emperor Jing of Han (died 147 BC)
- Empress Dowager Bob. 250CNnot in their usual nameEmpress Gao, of the Bo clan (of Emperor Gaozu of Han)
- Fú Jiànb. 317not in their usual namefounding emperor of the Di-led Chinese Former Qin dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period
- Fú Jiānb. 338CNnot in their usual namethird emperor of Former Qin during the he Sixteen Kingdoms period
- Bu Shangb. 507CNnot in their usual name5th-century BC prominent disciple of Confucius
- Bu Wancangb. 1903CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director (1903-1974)
- Bo Yibob. 1908CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician (1908-2007)
- Ivy Ling Pob. 1939CNHong Kong actress and singer
- Bo Xilaib. 1949CNnot in their usual nameformer Politburo member of the Chinese Communist Party
- Qu Bob. 1981CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 42 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 958 | #8,510 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 744 | #8,510 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 26 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 21 | #104,241 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1982 | 5 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Po mean, and where does it come from?
- river, Italy Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- In which country does Po have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 24 thousand people named Poe, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Po?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 442 people named Po, about 1 in 479 thousand residents.
- How common is Po compared with other names?
- In North Korea, Po is the 506th most common surname of 2,439 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/poThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Po” — the 506th most common surname in North Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.