Poerstamper Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Poerstamper Surname User-submission:

The Poerstamper surname comes from the early Afrikaans language. Most Poerstampers still stay in the Western Cape, South Africa, where the surname originated. In fact, the phrase poes stamper is still used today in the local Afrikaans dialect most prevalent in Cape Town to refer to a 'jovial person with many friends'.

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Poerstamper 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
South Africa591:918,26658,838
Netherlands491:344,63638,971
England21:27,859,030389,889

Poerstamper Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Poerstamper surname comes from the early Afrikaans language. Most Poerstampers still stay in the Western Cape, South Africa, where the surname originated. In fact, the phrase poes stamper is still used today in the local Afrikaans dialect most prevalent in Cape Town to refer to a 'jovial person with many friends'. We can think of them as the social trendsetters of the early 1600s.

- gert314
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Poerstamper Demographics

Average Poerstamper Salary in
South Africa

R 336,336

Per year
Rank:
37,506 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00017447
Rank: 44,996 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
141.53%
Sample size: 13 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Poerstamper Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poerstamper is found most in South Africa. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Poerstamper.

How Common Is The Last Name Poerstamper? popularity and diffusion

Poerstamper is the 1,746,159th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Poerstamper live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 918,266. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 54 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 20 percent are found and Gauteng, where 17 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 45 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Poerstamper Last Name Statistics demography

Poerstamper earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.53% more than the national average, earning R 336,336 per year.

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
Perez-Domper611/
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Pérez-Domper522/

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