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Poitevin Surname has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 31 references, with 14 live disagreements.

100+ facts·50 predicates·31 sources·14 in dispute

Mostly:ex:frequency(17), absent from(11), ex:bearers in country(7)

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Absent Fromin disputeabsentFrom

Does Not Appear inin disputedoesNotAppearIn

Derives Fromin disputederivesFrom

  • Poitou[3]all time · Dossier Context Poitevin Family of Mauritius
  • Poitou[22]all time · Wf1 12 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebears
  • Poitou[23]all time · Wf11 12 Poitevin Surname Distribution Forebears
  • Poitou Historical Region[22]sourceall time · Wf1 12 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebears

Concentrated inin disputeconcentratedIn

Borne byin disputeborneBy

Concentrates inin disputeconcentratesIn

Concentrated in Regionin disputeconcentratedInRegion

Etymological Originin disputeetymologicalOrigin

  • France[3]all time · Dossier Context Poitevin Family of Mauritius
  • Poitou[3]all time · Dossier Context Poitevin Family of Mauritius

Ex:frequencyin disputeex:frequency

  • 1:1,407,265[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:407,080[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:69,056[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:2,766,862[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:15,684[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:17,616,474[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:12,412,620[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:5,507,703[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:7,335,483[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • 1:638,702[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear

Ex:anglicised toin disputeex:anglicisedTo

  • Peto[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • Portwine[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear

Ex:bearers in Countryin disputeex:bearersInCountry

Changed toin disputechangedTo

  • Peto Surname[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear
  • Portwine Surname[19]all time · Wf2 01 Poitevin Surname Origin Meaning Last Name History Forebear

Inbound mentions (100)

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ex:rel/associatedAssociated(25)

forSurnameFor Surname(17)

doesNotMentionDoes Not Mention(14)

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didNotSurfaceMauritianBearerDid Not Surface Mauritian Bearer(1)

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doesNotListSurnameDoes Not List Surname(1)

excludesSurnameExcludes Surname(1)

ex:containsDataAboutEx:contains Data About(1)

ex:excludesSurnameEx:excludes Surname(1)

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ex:hasSurnameEx:has Surname(1)

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ex:mentionsSurnameEx:mentions Surname(1)

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explainsExplains(1)

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ex:targetSurnameEx:target Surname(1)

followsAlphabeticallyFollows Alphabetically(1)

foundZeroOccurrencesOfFound Zero Occurrences of(1)

Other facts (40)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

40 facts
PredicateValueRef
Appears in ZeroCgmr Ama Transcriptions[14]
Appears in ZeroMauritius Transcriptions[14]
Appears inMauritius Surnames Page[11]
Appears inThe Page[12]
Absence Noted inShim Surname Index[1]
Absence SectionSection P R[1]
Absent From SourceSource Ahm Reprografia[10]
Consistent WithRare Franco Mauritian French Origin Family Name[20]
Data SourceForebears[21]
Dominant ConcentrationFrance[21]
Etymologytoponymic[21]
Etymology Meaningfrom Poitou[21]
Documented inFamily Names and Their Story 1913[23]
Appears in RecordsAma Expoactes Database[13]
Context LocationMauritius[3]
Dominant CountryFrance[3]
Derived FromPoitou[22]
Ex:derived From DemonymPoitevin[19]
Ex:derives FromPoitou Region[19]
Arrival Typelate/small arrival[9]
Ex:demonym forPoitou[22]
Ex:derived FromPoitou[22]
Ex:etymology SourceSabine Baring Gould[22]
Ex:etymology WorkFamily Names and Their Story[22]
Ex:alphabetical Positionbetween Poirier and Pommeraye[30]
Derived From SourceFamily Names and Their Story[19]
Ex:appears Only Asscattered 18th-century records[13]
Documented byMauritian Family Origins Project[24]
Ex:concentrated inFrance[20]
Does Not Appear onForebears Lablanche Page[28]
Appears on Index PageAbsent[15]
Bearer Count1[9]
Ex:absent FromShim Planter Registers[8]
Denotes Inhabitant ofPoitou Historical Region[22]
Associated RegionMauritius[16]
Ethnic Originpossibly French[29]
Ex:found inCgmrgenealogie Org Public Content[31]
Associated With Val LineTrue[17]
Country Count7[22]
Confirmed Absent FromPort Louis Ouest Cemetery Relevé[6]

Timeline

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

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toponymic
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from Poitou
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Portwine
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Poitevin
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1:407,080
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1:2,766,862
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1:15,684
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1:12,412,620
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1:5,507,703
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1:7,335,483
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1:46,179,900
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References (31)

31 references
  1. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf3-04-g-n-alogie-soci-t-de-l-histoire-de-l-ile-maurice
  2. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf6-20-ducray-giblot-ducray-family-genealogy-site-marc-ducray-d
  3. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/dossier-context-poitevin-family-of-mauritius
  4. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf3-17-ren-e-ducray-quessy-collinson-deceased-genealogy-geni
  5. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf6-13-relev-s-du-cimeti-re-de-pamplemousses-relev-s-d-alain-ma
  6. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf6-11-ama-association-maurice-archives-relev-s-du-cimeti-re-de
  7. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/dossier-deep-threads-job-quessy-mozambique
  8. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/dossier-lablanche-job-bridge
  9. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/dossier-FAMILY-INDEX
  10. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf11-21-arquivo-hist-rico-de-mo-ambique-reprografia-e-emiss-o-de
  11. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf1-16-mauritius-surnames-ranked-forebears
  12. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf1-06-g-n-alogie-soci-t-de-l-histoire-de-l-ile-maurice
  13. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf1-10-ama-aide-maurice-archives-ile-maurice-g-n-alogie-histoire-pa
  14. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/dossier-poitevin-collinson-mauritius
  15. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf6-14-expoactes-d-pouillement-d-actes-de-l-tat-civil-et-des-re
  16. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf7-12-mary-collinson-deceased-genealogy-geni-managed-by-eddy-g
  17. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf5-05-lucia-poitevain-and-moreira-collinson-geni
  18. customctx:_quarantine/ctx:genes/val-mauritius/opencode-selftest
  19. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf2-01-poitevin-surname-origin-meaning-last-name-history-forebear
  20. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/dossier-context-mauritius-historical-context
  21. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf12-09-poitevin-surname-origin-meaning-distribution-forebears
  22. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf1-12-poitevin-surname-origin-meaning-last-name-history-forebears
  23. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf11-12-poitevin-surname-distribution-forebears
  24. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/dossier-context-mauritian-diaspora-descendants
  25. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf12-17-dpl-notre-dame-de-lourdes-rose-hill-mariages-patronymes
  26. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf11-10-mozambican-surnames-most-common-family-names-from-mozamb
  27. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf4-14-mauritians-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourne-online
  28. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf3-01-lablanche-surname-origin-meaning-last-name-history-forebea
  29. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf8-14-cgmr-expoactes-td-grand-port-naissances-bapt-mes-surname
  30. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf2-12-racines-des-mascareignes-primo-arrivants-des-iles-mascarei
  31. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf2-06-cgmr-g-n-alogie-la-base-de-donn-es-d-pouillement-d-actes-d

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