Poggenwisch Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Poggenwisch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Poggenwisch Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Poggenwisch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poggenwisch is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poggenwisch? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Poggenwisch live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany Poggenwisch is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 85 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live. Barring Germany Poggenwisch exists in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pogonschi701/
Paweenwich672/
Phagnwi561/
Pangnweh5332/
Poungnui531/

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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 Poggenwisch
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