Poestges Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Poestges Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poestges Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1371:587,63147,553
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397

Poestges Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poestges is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Poestges.

How Common Is The Last Name Poestges? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,504,764th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Poestges are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 587,631. In Germany Poestges is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postges931/
Pöstges80225/
Puestes8023/
Piestes801/
Poettger752/
Poustis67508/
Piestys677/
Paestis671/
Peastis670/
Poetsey670/
Poetzher631/
Poeze62152/
Poetsi575/
Paetze572/
Poetzi571/
Paustis5316/
Paetzer538/
Poustiz530/
Phaetsee501/

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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
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  • 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 Poestges
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