Pou (surname)

Pou 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 (fl. 1970s), Cambodian singer