Poer

See also: poer and pœr

English

Etymology

Perhaps a reduced form of Dutch van Poer, probably a hypercorrection of van Poeyer.

Proper noun

Poer (plural Poers)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Poer is the 38582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Poer is most common among White (94.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Poer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.