Pölz Surname

418,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 831 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Pölz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pölz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria6791:12,5411,783
Germany1131:712,43854,203
Hungary301:327,20924,029
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Pölz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pölz is more commonly found in Austria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pölz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 418,171st most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,769,610 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pölz reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Austria, where it is carried by 679 people, or 1 in 12,541. In Austria Pölz is primarily found in: Upper Austria, where 44 percent reside, Lower Austria, where 27 percent reside and Vienna, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Austria this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent reside and Hungary, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pölcz89231/
Pöltz8927/
Plz8629/
Pilz7522,359/
Pelz7511,213/
Plez75627/
Pülz7592/
Pöls759/
Hplz751/
Bplz751/
Pylz751/
Plzz751/
Plzs751/
Plze751/
Plzd751/
Plhz751/
Pälz751/
Peltz674,442/
Pletz672,900/
Piltz672,123/
Pöhls67885/
Plesz67542/
Pelcz67245/
Pilcz67102/
Pültz6756/
Puelz6738/
Poelz6732/
Pleze6728/
Pelze6726/
Paelz6712/
Pältz679/
Plezh677/
Pielz676/
Pilsz674/
Pillz673/
Pőlcz672/
Plezt671/
Pelzs671/
Plezz671/
Pölls671/
Pölczová671/
Pelzt670/
Peulz670/
Pfilz670/
Peelz670/
Pellz670/

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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 Pölz
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