Pou (surname) explained

Pou (pronounced as /ca/) is a Catalan surname; a topographic name for someone who lived by a well, pou ‘well’ (Latin puteus ‘well’, ‘pit’).

Notable people with the name include:

• The New Orleans physician at the center of the Anna Pou case
• Bartolomé Pou (1727–1802), Spanish writer
• Edward W. Pou (1863–1934), American politician
• Genevieve Pou (1919–2007), American novelist
• Josep Maria Pou (born 1944), Spanish actor
• Julia Pou (born 1947), Uruguayan politician
• Luis Lacalle Pou (born 1973), Uruguayan politician
• Martín Pou, Spanish lawyer
• Miguel Pou (1880–1968), Puerto Rican painter, draftsman and art professor
• Nellie Pou (born 1956), American politician
• Saveros Pou (1929–2020), French linguist
• Pou Sohtireak, 20th and 21st century Cambodian politician
• Terrance John Pou (born 1962), birth name of Mika X, New Zealand Māori singer, performance artist, actor, filmmaker, TV producer and comedian
• Pou Vannary, Cambodian singer

See also

• Pou (disambiguation)
• Pou-Pou