Poelzig Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Poelzig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Poelzig Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Poelzig Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poelzig Come From? nationality or country of origin

Poelzig is found most in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poelzig? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Poelzig occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Poelzig live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany Poelzig is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 50 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 30 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 17 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poeltzig936/
Pelzig9244/
Pawelzig8036/
Polzik77184/
Pölzig773/
Pelgig771/
Pelsig770/
Polziec7111/
Pöltzig712/
Pelczik712/
Pawelzik67633/
Powelzyk677/
Plzik672/
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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 Poelzig
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