Poels Surname
Approximately 3,865 people bear this surname
Poels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1,836 | 1:6,262 | 789 |
| Netherlands | 1,457 | 1:11,590 | 1,627 |
| France | 157 | 1:423,075 | 61,574 |
| United States | 125 | 1:2,899,671 | 170,778 |
| Australia | 117 | 1:230,732 | 21,761 |
| Canada | 59 | 1:624,502 | 51,218 |
| Germany | 58 | 1:1,388,025 | 86,120 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Poels Demographics
Average Poels Salary in
United States
$53,388 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Poels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poels is most common in Belgium. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poels? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poels is the 118,939th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,885,523 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Poels live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Poels is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 1,836 people, or 1 in 6,262. In Belgium Poels is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 76 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 12 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 12 percent are found. Besides Belgium this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 38 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.
Poels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Poels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Poels last name grew 625 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Poels Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Poels last name are 21.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Poels earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 50.94% less than the national average, earning 169,772 kr per year; in United States they earn 23.73% more than the national average, earning $53,388 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.54% less than the national average, earning $47,926 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Poels
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