Poznanski Surname

315,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Poznanski Surname User-submission:

(Polish) One who came from Poznań, town belonging to the well known person (Polish posnać), meaning 'the well known town', a fittingly very famous city in western-central Poland on the River Warta, and common suffix -ski (feminine -ska), meaning 'from'.

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Poznanski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6071:597,13248,676
Israel1751:48,9016,443
Belgium691:166,61822,787
France671:991,384111,008
Canada591:624,50251,218
England491:1,137,10353,999
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Poland311:1,226,08978,991
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Norway71:734,61250,907
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Marshall Islands41:12,9551,460
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

The alternate forms: Poznański (4,408) & Poznañski (1) are calculated separately.

Poznanski Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Polish) One who came from Poznań, town belonging to the well known person (Polish posnać), meaning 'the well known town', a fittingly very famous city in western-central Poland on the River Warta, and common suffix -ski (feminine -ska), meaning 'from'.

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Poznanski Last Name Facts

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

Poznanski (Russian: Познански) occurs most in The United States. It may occur as: Poznański or Poznañski. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poznanski? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 315,757th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,134,298 people. Poznanski is predominantly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Poznanski are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 607 people, or 1 in 597,132. In The United States Poznanski is primarily concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 15 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 15 percent reside and Belgium, where 6 percent reside.

Poznanski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Poznanski has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,958 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Poznanski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Poznanski are 1.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.48% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Poznanski earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 20.07% more than the national average, earning $51,809 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.69% more than the national average, earning $56,983 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Poznanski Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poznanski in the Russian language
Познанскиpoznanski-

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