Pohns Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pohns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pohns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pohns Last Name Facts

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

Pohns is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pohns.

How Common Is The Last Name Pohns? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pohns is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Pohns reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 2,175,823. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 100 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pons8979,328/
Pochins831/
Ponse801,393/
Poons80158/
Poins8052/
Pouns8046/
Puons8044/
Phans8032/
Ponns8014/
Poyns8013/
Pahns8012/
Phons809/
Ponss809/
Phens807/
Ponst802/
Ppons802/
Pomns801/
Poëns801/
Pochense770/
Phanse731,196/
Potens7334/
Poçins7327/
Ponshe7318/
Phonse7317/
Ponsch737/
Ponsse736/
Poinse734/
Potins733/
Phaens733/
Pahnse732/
Poinst731/
Poonsh731/
Ponz671,271/
Pans671,003/
Poms67439/
Pachins6760/
Ponx6736/
Pottins6721/
Potense6718/
Ponsova676/
Ponsche672/
Pôns672/
Pottens671/
Pousins671/
Pāns671/
Ponç671/
Ponsová671/
Poñs671/
Poutins670/
Poutens670/
Possens670/
Pachens670/

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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 Pohns
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