Pöhlsen Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Pöhlsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 320 | 1:251,580 | 27,249 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Pöhlsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pöhlsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pöhlsen is most common in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pöhlsen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 853,416th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöhlsen reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Pöhlsen is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 251,580. In Germany it is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 63 percent reside, Hamburg, where 22 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pöhlchen | 80 | 25 | / |
| Poehlsen | 80 | 12 | / |
| Pelsen | 77 | 164 | / |
| Plesen | 77 | 39 | / |
| Pilsen | 77 | 39 | / |
| Pålsen | 77 | 14 | / |
| Phlesn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Plsent | 77 | 0 | / |
| Plesent | 71 | 110 | / |
| Plessen | 71 | 103 | / |
| Påhlson | 71 | 77 | / |
| Pölchen | 71 | 20 | / |
| Pölsing | 71 | 8 | / |
| Phlsson | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pilåsen | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pyhlson | 71 | 3 | / |
| Poelsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puelsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peulsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paelsen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Påhlsson | 67 | 449 | / |
| Plzen | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pülschen | 67 | 31 | / |
| Pölschin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pehlchen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plessent | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plson | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pöhlsen
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