Last Name POH

Summary/Contribute


Meaning To protect, defend, insure, guarantee, maintain, hold, keep, guard.
Origin Chinese, Romanian, Hungarian

Rank 45,482 (2000 US census)
Count 443 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 61.85%, or 274 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 32.73%, or 145 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.61%, or 16 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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