Pohen Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Pohen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pohen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany731:1,102,81573,621
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
Belgium121:958,05473,966
France31:22,140,907385,998
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pohen (18) may also be a first name.

Pohen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pohen is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pohen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,736,881st most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Pohen is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Pohen reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 18 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 1,102,815. In Germany Pohen is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Germany it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 16 percent reside and Belgium, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pohean913/
Poen891,011/
Phaen804,941/
Poeng80478/
Pohin80284/
Phoen80134/
Pehen8026/
Poene8021/
Poent8019/
Pahen8018/
Poenn805/
Pheun804/
Poehn803/
Poeen803/
Poenh801/
Pooen801/
Poenc801/
Phoeng73925/
Poesen73295/
Puoeng73255/
Poeten7334/
Poetin7327/
Poohin737/
Poohem734/
Phaenc733/
Phooen733/
Poheim732/
Phoehn732/
Phaenh732/
Phahen731/
Pohgin731/
Phoein731/
Pooeng731/
Pohoin731/
Pahien731/
Phoene731/
Pooejn731/
Pahaen731/
Pohyin731/
Paen67371/
Peun67165/
Poem67152/
Phaesin67112/
Poetink6726/
Poeting6718/
Phaetin675/
Phoohem674/
Phoesen674/
Poesing673/
Phuoeng672/
Phaesen671/
Poyiene671/
Phaheen671/
Poenova671/
Pouisen671/
Poetten670/

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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 Pohen
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