Possen Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Possen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 107 | 1:157,824 | 23,373 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Possen Demographics
Average Possen Salary in
United States
$31,263 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Possen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Possen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Possen (Russian: Поссен) occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Possen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,121,821st most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Possen live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 157,824. In The Netherlands Possen is most numerous in: Limburg, where 93 percent are found, Utrecht, where 5 percent are found and Gelderland, where 1 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.
Possen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Possen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Possen surname expanded 143 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Possen Last Name Statistics demography
Possen earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.55% less than the national average, earning $31,263 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Possen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Possen in the Russian language | ||
| Поссен | possen | - |
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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 Possen
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