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
The surname Pohlen is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Pohlén or Pöhlén. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pohlen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 304,532nd most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 5,858,156 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Pohlen live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 599 people, or 1 in 134,400. In Germany it is primarily concentrated 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 Pohlen occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Slovenia, where 8 percent are found.
Pohlen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pohlen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pohlen last name increased 5,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pohlen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pohlen surname are 29.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.47% registered to vote for the 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
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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
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