Postweiler Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Postweiler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postweiler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Postweiler Last Name Facts

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

The last name Postweiler is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Postweiler? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,589,322nd most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Postweiler reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Postweiler is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 1,045,525. In Germany Postweiler is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 92 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 3 percent are found and Bavaria, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Austria, where 6 percent are found.

Postweiler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Postweiler has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Postweiler last name grew 413 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Postweiler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Postweiler are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

Postweiler earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.68% more than the national average, earning $46,895 USD per year.

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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
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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 Postweiler
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