Pohel Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Pohel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pohel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Pohel (20) may also be a first name.

Pohel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pohel is found in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pohel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pohel is the 5,391,485th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Pohel are found; 69 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Pohel is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 469,845. In Croatia it is most prevalent in: Brod-Posavina County, where 89 percent are found and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 11 percent are found. Beside Croatia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 8 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.

Pohel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pohel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pohel surname declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poehel911/
Phohel911/
Pohell911/
Poel893,332/
Poell801,002/
Pahel80470/
Phael80316/
Phoel80131/
Poele8063/
Poesl8060/
Pehel8044/
Poelt8037/
Pohil8017/
Poeyl801/
Pheul801/
Pooel800/
Poeschel77696/
Pohelova771/
Pohill7340/
Poetel7332/
Poelle7315/
Poesel7312/
Poegli739/
Poyyel733/
Paheel732/
Poelhs732/
Poehle732/
Poeell732/
Paheil731/
Poecel731/
Phoele731/
Pahael731/
Phoehl731/
Pahell730/
Ppoell730/
Poeschell713/
Pael674,158/
Peul67253/
Pouilhe67116/
Poessel6793/
Poeselt6716/
Pohlova6713/
Poelova6711/
Pheeeel674/
Phaelle671/
Phuoele671/
Pohioll671/
Poesehl671/
Pouitel670/

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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 Pohel
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