Poh
given name · Malay · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Poh is a given name, most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is the 77th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Malay and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter.
- MYMalaysia1 in 1.6K◐
- SGSingapore1 in 2.6K
- IDIndonesia1 in 82K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈151 ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 100 ●
- 1 in 351K ◐
across 4 countries
recorded for this name
54K records
Official registry-verified
Iceland
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Пох in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, TR Türkiye and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #77 | 40,092 | 44K rec. | — | — | Poh | 99 |
| SG Singapore | #160 | 4,124 | 4.8K rec. | — | — | Poh | 100 |
| ID Indonesia | — | 1,104 | 1.9K rec. | — | — | Poh | 43 |
| RU Russia | — | 731 | 272 rec. | — | — | Пох | 69 |
| UA Ukraine | — | 443 | 440 rec. | — | — | Пох | 12 |
| PH Philippines | — | 343 | 146 rec. | — | — | Poh | 10 |
| TH Thailand | — | 322 | 288 rec. | — | #1,021,648 | Poh | 39 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 223 | 176 rec. | — | — | Poh | 37 |
| IN India | — | 147 | 38 rec. | — | 1 | Poh | 8 |
| US United States | — | 125 | 1.6K rec. | 1 in 2.7M | 570 | Poh | 83 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 79 | 87 rec. | — | 6 | Poh | 5 |
| CA Canada | — | 52 | 64 rec. | — | — | Poh | 14 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Malay40K46%
- English25K30%
- English (Singapore)4.4K5%
- Indonesian3.3K4%
- Chinese2.3K3%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Malay | 39,558 | 46% |
| English | 25,494 | 30% |
| English (Singapore) | 4,411 | 5% |
| Indonesian | 3,251 | 4% |
| Chinese | 2,252 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Poh is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In cdo, Poh^ . A coll. word, as in poh、 ； poh、 kieu^ or ^pu po\ Jciev? a sound, as in breaking wind.
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a the grains of liquor, sediments, re to void spittle
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In ko-pro, diaper, wrapping cloth
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In Italian, pooh! (expression of dismissal or contempt)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-3 language code for Poqomchi.
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●
- Bu Shangb. 507CNnot in their usual name5th-century BC prominent disciple of Confucius
- Bu Wancangb. 1903CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director (1903-1974)
- Pok Shau-fub. 1909CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong journalist (1909-2000)
- Bu Ningb. 1917CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer
- Bu Xianqunb. 1962CNnot in their usual nameChinese historian
- Bu Xue Liangb. 1963TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese television host, actor, singer
- Mario Pub. 1971TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor
- Bu Huab. 1973CNnot in their usual nameChinese digital artist
- Bu Xinb. 1987CNnot in their usual namefootballer
- Lisa Bunot in their usual namepassionate reader; TED speaker
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 570 | #41,199 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 516 | #42,094 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 443 | #45,482 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 125 | #40,182 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 81 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 61 | #40,182 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 30 | #1,272 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #22,684 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 22 | #23,020 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #28,678 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 10 | #120,154 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 6 | #72,812 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 2026-09-12 data build · 61 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Poh?
- We estimate roughly 151 people bear Poh (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
- In which country does Poh have the most bearers?
- Poh is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled poh.
- How common is Poh compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Poh is the 77th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.
- Is Poh a male or female name?
- Poh is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Poh mean?
- Recorded meaning: The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Poh” — the 77th most common given name in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.