Poidevin

surname · French · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Poidevin is a surname, most frequently recorded in Australia. In Guernsey it is the 5th most common surname. It appears chiefly in French and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Old French/Anglo-French Poitevin, ‘a man from Poitou’; first attested Peiteuin de Eya 1186 P (Sf).

rarermore common
  • FRFrance1 in 238K◐
  • GGGuernsey1 in 639
  • AUAustralia1 in 104K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈321 ●

across 4 countries

Sources
196 ●

7.6K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 238K ◐

France

Meaning & origin●

Old French/Anglo-French Poitevin, ‘a man from Poitou’; first attested Peiteuin de Eya 1186 P (Sf)

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Poidevin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AU Australia—811740 rec.——Poidevin66
US United States—524443 rec.—listedPoidevin43
GB United Kingdom—326213 rec.——Poidevin53
FR France—2856K rec.1 in 238K285Poidevin196
CA Canada—5349 rec.——Poidevin13
PE Peru—1919 rec.——Poidevin1
CH Switzerland—16△3 rec.1 in 525K16Poidevin2
BE Belgium—1320 rec.1 in 902K13Poidevin11
GG Guernsey#51225 rec.——Poidevin6
DE Germany—86 rec.——Poidevin6
ES Spain—750 rec.1 in 7.1M7Poidevin3
RU Russia—77 rec.——Poidevin3

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • French11K83%
  • English1.6K12%
  • Welsh3252%
  • German631%
  • 581%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
French11,08783%
English1,63012%
Welsh3252%
German631%
581%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Over time●

010020030040019001920194019601980395 · 1951

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Poidevin in INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000), France, 1891–1991
Yearrecords
1891127
1901205
1911205
1921307
1931250
1941367
1951395
1961395
1971340
1981323
1991285

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

18001850190019502000Eugène Le Poittevin, b. 1806Raymond Poidevin, b. 1928Gilbert Poidevin, b. 1957Simon Poidevin, b. 1958Sara Poidevin, b. 1996

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 8 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Poidevin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961395—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951395—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941367—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971340—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981323—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921307—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991285—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931250—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911205—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901205—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1891127—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202416#43,070

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 15 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Poidevin?
We estimate roughly 321 people bear Poidevin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
In which country does Poidevin have the most bearers?
Poidevin is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled poidevin.
How common is Poidevin compared with other names?
In Guernsey, Poidevin is the 5th most common surname of 33 surnames recorded there.
What does the name Poidevin mean?
Recorded meaning: Old French/Anglo-French Poitevin, ‘a man from Poitou’; first attested Peiteuin de Eya 1186 P (Sf)
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Poidevin” — the 5th most common surname in Guernsey. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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