Pohlen Surname
Approximately 1,244 people bear this surname
Pohlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 599 | 1:134,400 | 16,369 |
| United States | 315 | 1:1,150,663 | 82,561 |
| Slovenia | 101 | 1:24,630 | 5,296 |
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| New Zealand | 37 | 1:122,387 | 15,192 |
| Netherlands | 36 | 1:469,088 | 46,010 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Pohlén (10) & Pöhlén (1) are calculated separately.
Pohlen Demographics
Average Pohlen Salary in
United States
$43,031 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pohlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pohlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pohlen occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Pohlén or Pöhlén. Click here for other potential spellings of Pohlen.
How Common Is The Last Name Pohlen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 304,532nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,858,156 people. The last name Pohlen occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Pohlen are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 599 people, or 1 in 134,400. In Germany Pohlen is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent are found and Hesse, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Slovenia, where 8 percent are found.
Pohlen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pohlen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 5,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pohlen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pohlen surname are 29.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
Pohlen earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.27% less than the national average, earning $43,031 USD 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
- 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 Pohlen
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