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The Pou surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,189 people carried this name — #21,862 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,122 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Pou surname

A surname from Catalan.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pou» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 299 people named Pou live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 113
City of Buenos Aires 59
Córdoba 52
Santa Fe 35
Tucumán 22
Mendoza 18

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 140 people named Pou.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Pyrénées-Orientales 23
Paris 17
French Polynesia 16
Charente-Maritime 8
Charente 7
Loir-et-Cher 7
Gironde 5
Hautes-Pyrénées 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Pou,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jerónimo Pou
    Jerónimo Pou 1854–1922 · writer
  • Edward W. Pou
    Edward W. Pou 1863–1934 · politician
  • Teresa Pou 1700–1764 · engraver
  • Bartomeu Pou i Puigserver 1727–1802 · writer
  • Joaquim Pou 1749–1809 · priest
  • Joan Maria Pou i Camps 1801–1874 · pharmacist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Pou.

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