Pòe

surname · Latin script

Pòe is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A nickname from Old Norse pái (“peacock”). This surname is also well established in Ireland.

rarermore common
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 7.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 14K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 21K

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 Pòe 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)

23,563 people, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
436 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.4K (inferred from the name graph)

North Korea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PòeLatin(measured from records)
보에Hangul(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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)

A nickname from Old Norse pái (“peacock”). This surname is also well established in Ireland.

Sources 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pòe 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.

Where Pòe is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—23,5631 in 14K24KPoe436
PH Philippines—≈4,900 est.≈1 in 22K—Poe85
KP North Korea#506≈4,700 est.≈1 in 5.4K—Poe2
EG Egypt—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 30K—Poe9
GB United Kingdom—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 21K59Poe82
SG Singapore#595≈870 est.≈1 in 7.1K—Poe43
IE Ireland—≈430 est.≈1 in 12K—Poe4
NZ New Zealand—≈340 est.≈1 in 15K—Poe30

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). 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

12001400160018002000Bei Qiong, b. 1314Bei Heng, b. 1370Tsuyee Pei, b. 1893Bei Shizhang, b. 1903Ieoh Ming Pei, b. 1917Peggy Lam, b. 1928
  • Bei Qiongb. 1314not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB=27835
  • Bei Hengb. 1370not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 128335
  • Tsuyee Peib. 1893CNnot in their usual nameChinese banker
  • Bei Shizhangb. 1903CNnot in their usual nameChinese biologist (1903-2009)
  • Ieoh Ming Peib. 1917USnot in their usual nameChinese-American architect (1917–2019)
  • Peggy Lamb. 1928CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong politician
  • Bei Linnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 128337
  • Bei Baonot in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB = 41410
  • Bei Zannot in their usual nameYuan dynasty person CBDB = 103796
  • Bei Tainot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 128336

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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Pòe under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pòe mean, and where does it come from?
A nickname from Old Norse pái (“peacock”). This surname is also well established in Ireland. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
In which country does Pòe have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 24 thousand people named Pòe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled poe.
How common is the name Pòe?
In the United States, the national register counted 23,563 people named Pòe in 2010, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
How common is Pòe compared with other names?
In North Korea, Pòe is the 506th most common surname of 2,439 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Pòe” — the 506th most common surname in North Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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