Poyer is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Poyer
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: The name is focused in the Seine-Maritime. It seems to correspond to the old French "Poier" (= power), with a precise meaning to be determined. Note however that in some regions (notably Lyonnais), the word "Poye" has the meaning of "well".

How popular is Poyer?

Poyer is ranked 133100 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Poyers grew by 13.83875 per cent to 946 since 2000 and ranked 25954 after elevating 1390 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.49 69.07
American Indian and Alaska Native 17.34 19.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.77 3.61
Black 4.65 4.93
Others 2.54 1.44
Hispanic or Latino 2.221.32
Poyer is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Trinidad and Tobago. Around 2937 people have been found who wears Poyer as their family name. Poyer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
179,761 Australia6
90,215 Germany3
16,605 Austria3
385 American Samoa2
82,478 South Africa2
12,161 Wales2
1,704,541 India1
21,562 Portugal1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
13,447 Uganda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
107,506 England27
52,530 Belgium22
4,083 Guyana19
189,966 Canada11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,801 Trinidad and Tobago97
Countries with hundreds of Poyer:
30,882 United States955
10,342 France882
3,855 Venezuela477
29,119 Brazil413
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Comments

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Annice Skerrett
Poyer is a variant of the old french Poier power, nickname of a powerful man.

Poyer Namesakes

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