Pohlitz Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pohlitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pohlitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
France31:22,140,907385,998

The alternate forms: Pöhlitz (50) are calculated separately.

Pohlitz Last Name Facts

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

Pohlitz is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Pöhlitz. Click here for further potential spellings of Pohlitz.

How Common Is The Last Name Pohlitz? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pohlitz reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pohlitz is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 56 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Other than Germany Pohlitz occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pöhlitz9550/
Pothlitz9329/
Poehlitz9322/
Politz921,275/
Pollitz86182/
Politze8644/
Potlitz8633/
Poelitz8612/
Polittz861/
Poulitz860/
Poliz83102/
Pölitz77195/
Palitz77180/
Poletz77112/
Policz7793/
Polits7758/
Pelitz7717/
Poliez775/
Poiliz771/
Polliz771/
Polizz771/
Pohlez770/
Pauthlitz759/
Pahlitzsch71285/
Paulitz71257/
Politch71207/
Pollits7122/
Patlitz712/
Pallitz712/
Pouliez712/
Pohlich711/
Peulitz711/
Paelitz710/
Polić673,663/
Paliz672,357/
Peliz671,093/
Polic67744/
Politsch67436/
Polič67345/
Polez67280/
Pautlitz6719/
Páliz679/
Poulhiez678/
Pollitts675/
Poliç671/
Pollitch671/
Poliszcz671/

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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 Pohlitz
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