Possberg Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Possberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Possberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1611:228,85521,956
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Possberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Possberg is carried by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Possberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,085,744th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Possberg are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in Canada, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 228,855. In Canada Possberg is mostly found in: Saskatchewan, where 84 percent live, Alberta, where 10 percent live and Manitoba, where 6 percent live. Beside Canada Possberg exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 21 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.

Possberg Last Name Statistics demography

Possberg earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 10.32% less than the national average, earning $44,556 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posberg9315/
Passberg8860/
Posbergh887/
Pohsberg881/
Potberg80851/
Pasberg80112/
Posborg80105/
Poßberg8073/
Posburg800/
Pottberg75296/
Passburg7529/
Pothberg7510/
Podtberg751/
Pothbergh711/
Puttsberg711/
Patberg67206/
Pasborg6758/
Paßberg6719/
Paswerg673/
Pasberc672/
Potburg671/
Pattberg63833/
Podtburg63106/
Padtberg6337/
Paasburg6319/
Pombourg6315/
Pottburg631/
Potbercs631/
Pashburg630/
Patsburg630/
Paschburg5921/
Poverk5718/
Pobirk5717/
Paaschburg5679/
Patburg5315/
Pattschberk530/
Pabourg530/
Pambourg5038/
Pattburg500/

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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 Possberg
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