Poe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 5
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 12

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Poe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Poe family

Profession Census Frequency
Blacksmith 2
Scholar 2
Wheel Wright 1
Assistant Photographer 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Boot Fitter 1
Royal Mariner 1
Wire Merchant Coachman 1
Soldier 1
Pupil 1
Basket Maker 1
Dye Works Labourer 1
Painters Compositor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Poe

Name Census Frequency
John Poe 27
William Poe 20
Thomas Poe 18
James Poe 15
Mary Poe 15
Joseph Poe 13
Elizabeth Poe 11
Leonard Poe 10
Annie Poe 9
George Poe 9
Margaret Poe 8
Sarah Poe 8
Alice Poe 7
Eliza Poe 7
Robert Poe 7
Ann Poe 5
Caroline Poe 5
Catherine Poe 5
Frederick Poe 5
Charles Poe 4
Edward Poe 4
Jane Poe 4
Bessie Poe 3
Rebecca Poe 3
Samuel Poe 3

Poe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Opie 50% 4,702
2 Pee 67% 1,002
3 Pie 67% 472
4 Poe 100% 331
5 Pea 33% 315
6 Pae 67% 117

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The surname Poe is the 4th most popular variant of Opie.

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