Poettgen Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Poettgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poettgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:2,251,298140,756
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Poettgen Last Name Facts

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

Poettgen is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poettgen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,210,518th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname Poettgen is predominantly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Poettgen live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Poettgen is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 2,251,298. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 18 percent live, Missouri, where 17 percent live and Connecticut, where 4 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 16 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Poettgen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Poettgen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Poettgen last name increased 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Poettgen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Poettgen surname are 17.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.29% registered with the political party.

Poettgen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.63% more than the national average, earning $48,597 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pottgen9367/
Poetgen932/
Pettgen931/
Poettgn930/
Petgen8646/
Potgen8610/
Pöttgen80726/
Peitgen8077/
Poethen8058/
Püttgen8030/
Puttgen807/
Paetggen750/
Poesen71295/
Pötgen7125/
Potgin712/
Paegen711/
Poezen711/
Podgen711/
Pedgen710/
Pattein67182/
Patteyn6774/
Peuthen6714/
Pedgien679/
Phoesen674/
Pattean673/
Poetain673/
Poetine672/
Pietein670/
Peidgen670/
Poidgen670/

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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 Poettgen
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