Pouwelse Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pouwelse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pouwelse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2201:76,76012,983
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pouwelse Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pouwelse has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pouwelse? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,058,336th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Pouwelse live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 76,760. In The Netherlands Pouwelse is most prevalent in: Zeeland, where 38 percent live, South Holland, where 30 percent live and North Brabant, where 14 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

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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 Pouwelse
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