Poester Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Poester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 80 | 1:2,675,929 | 80,209 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Poester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poester Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poester is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Poester.
How Common Is The Last Name Poester? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,061,309th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname Poester occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Poester are found; 96 percent are found in South America and 96 percent are found in Luso-South America.
This last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 2,675,929. In Brazil Poester is most prevalent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 94 percent reside, São Paulo, where 3 percent reside and Bahia, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Brazil it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.
Poester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Poester has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Poester last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Poester
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