Poft Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Czechia

Poft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Poft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poft is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poft? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,206,983rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Poft reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Poft is most frequent in: Hesse, where 93 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Poft is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfoft891/
Pof864/
Poff756,686/
Pofs7514/
Paft7514/
Pfof7510/
Pofe758/
Popf755/
Poof754/
Bpof752/
Pobt752/
Pofh752/
Posf752/
Hpof751/
Peft751/
Poyf751/
Pohf751/
Poftová733/
Poffe67320/
Pfoff67113/
Pfofe6721/
Poffs679/
Phofe673/
Pouff672/
Poitf671/
Pottf671/
Pooff671/
Popff671/
Povth671/
Povts671/
Pafts671/
Povte671/
Poufe671/
Pozff671/
Poobt671/
Pofff671/
Poipf671/
Powts670/
Pefft670/
Powtz670/
Phouf670/
Pfaft670/
Phoff670/
Poife670/

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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 Poft
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