Pösch Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Pösch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 143 | 1:562,975 | 46,225 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Posch (12,488) are calculated separately.
Pösch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pösch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pösch is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Posch. For other potential spellings of Pösch click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pösch? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,328,442nd most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Pösch reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 562,975. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 41 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 30 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Germany Pösch is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 15 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posch | 93 | 12,488 | / |
| Pöch | 89 | 67 | / |
| Pesch | 80 | 9,765 | / |
| Pasch | 80 | 5,207 | / |
| Pöche | 80 | 259 | / |
| Päsch | 80 | 42 | / |
| Pös | 75 | 26 | / |
| Paasch | 73 | 3,587 | / |
| Paesch | 73 | 478 | / |
| Peusch | 73 | 199 | / |
| Poesch | 73 | 115 | / |
| Pfosch | 73 | 63 | / |
| Peesch | 73 | 17 | / |
| Pfasch | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pahsch | 73 | 3 | / |
| Passch | 73 | 2 | / |
| Päsche | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phasch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pesh | 67 | 9,430 | / |
| Pash | 67 | 2,790 | / |
| Posh | 67 | 1,371 | / |
| Päch | 67 | 265 | / |
| Pöss | 67 | 158 | / |
| Pöse | 67 | 35 | / |
| Pösz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pfös | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pöhs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pöst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pöth | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pösch
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