Postels Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Postels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1681:479,19941,567
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Postels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Postels is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Postels? popularity and diffusion

The last name Postels is the 1,168,344th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. Postels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Postels live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 479,199. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 58 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent are found and Hamburg, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Germany Postels is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Postels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Postels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Postels surname grew 438 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Postels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Postels last name are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 76.92% registered to vote for the party.

Postels earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $48,812 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postelles8812/
Postles86531/
Postils8623/
Pastels864/
Postlls860/
Potls831/
Pasteels80290/
Pastells80137/
Pastiels803/
Postless801/
Phothels801/
Postills801/
Patels7747/
Pattels711/
Patelles674/
Pattells670/
Patelz628/
Patils621/
Patills571/
Pootless534/

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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 Postels
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