Poewe Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Poewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany411:1,963,548108,338
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Poewe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poewe is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Poewe.

How Common Is The Last Name Poewe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,506,728th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Poewe are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,963,548. In Germany Poewe is most prevalent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 51 percent live, Berlin, where 24 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live. Barring Germany Poewe occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent live and Austria, where 5 percent live.

Poewe Last Name Statistics demography

Poewe earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 181.95% more than the national average, earning R 670,032 per year.

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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 Poewe
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