Pöcher Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Pöcher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 246 | 1:34,616 | 5,567 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Pocher (643) are calculated separately.
Pöcher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pöcher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pöcher is held by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Pocher. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pöcher? popularity and diffusion
It is the 940,398th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname Pöcher occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöcher reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Pöcher is most widespread in Austria, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 34,616. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Carinthia, where 62 percent reside, Vienna, where 15 percent reside and Lower Austria, where 14 percent reside. Not including Austria Pöcher is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 11 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Pöcher
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