Pöhl Surname

319,816th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Pöhl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pöhl Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8641:93,17811,661
Italy1131:541,21052,828
Austria1001:85,15412,686
South Africa581:934,09859,404
Switzerland211:391,09129,271
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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The alternate forms: Pőhl (1) are calculated separately.

Pöhl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pöhl occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Pőhl. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pöhl? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 319,816th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,234,000 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Pöhl live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 864 people, or 1 in 93,178. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live, Brandenburg, where 17 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 10 percent live and Austria, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pőhl921/
Phl8660/
Pöl861/
Pihl756,580/
Pehl752,521/
Pöll752,378/
Pühl75449/
Pölt75112/
Pöld7527/
Pøhl757/
Pähl757/
Phll752/
Hphl751/
Pyhl751/
Pfhl750/
Piehl674,529/
Pl67781/
Poehl67470/
Pfihl6760/
Paehl6725/
Puehl6723/
Peehl6717/
Peuhl677/
Pfühl675/
Phllp671/
Pfehl670/
Pehll670/
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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 Pöhl
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