Poos
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/pˈuːz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Poos is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In French Southern Territories it is the 2nd most common surname.
- USUnited States1 in 1.7M(measured from records)
- TFFrench Southern Territories≈1 in 68
- LULuxembourg≈1 in 7.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 121 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 68 (inferred from the name graph)
≈480 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
French Southern Territories, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Poos 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 168K | — | Poos | 58 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 359 | 1 in 48K | 359 | Poos | 25 |
| AR Argentina | — | 222 | 1 in 205K | 222 | — | — |
| US United States | — | 201 | 1 in 1.7M | 219 | Poos | 121 |
| FR France | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 488K | 14 | — | 1 |
| LU Luxembourg | — | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | — | Poos | 6 |
| BE Belgium | — | 88 | 1 in 133K | 88 | Poos | 7 |
| TF French Southern Territories | #2 | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 68 | — | Poos | 1 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)Poos is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, undefined period of time, an indefinite period
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pdt, feather, quill
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kw, heavy
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)- Hary Poosb. 1896LULuxembourg painter (1896-1992)
- Victor Poosb. 1920LULuxembourgish politician
- Heinrich Poosb. 1928DEGerman composer (1928–2020)
- Jacques Poosb. 1935LULuxembourgish politician (1935-2022)
- Camille Poosb. 1950LULuxembourgian handball player
- Françoise Poosb. 1964LUphotographer
- Christian Poosb. 1977LULuxembourgish bicycle racer
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 359 | #5,632 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 222 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 219 | #80,502 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 201 | #91,625 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 188 | #102,164 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 88 | #17,227 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 14 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 are other forms of the name Poos?
- In the etymology graph, Pause is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Poos?
- A machine transcription gives /pˈuːz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Poos have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 478 people named Poos in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled poos.
- How common is the name Poos?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 359 people named Poos in 2007, about 1 in 48 thousand residents.
- How common is Poos compared with other names?
- In French Southern Territories, Poos is the 2nd most common surname of 2 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/poosThe 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, “Poos” — the 2nd most common surname in French Southern Territories. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.