Pöschl Surname

79,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Pöschl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pöschl 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
Germany3,9901:20,1772,668
Austria1,9971:4,264459
Czechia1211:87,88014,663
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Slovenia151:165,84514,188
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
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The alternate forms: Poschl (55) are calculated separately.

Pöschl Last Name Facts

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

Pöschl occurs most in Germany. It can appear as: Poschl. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pöschl? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pöschl is the 79,235th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,183,427 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöschl reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 3,990 people, or 1 in 20,177. In Germany Pöschl is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 59 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent live and Hesse, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 32 percent live and Czechia, where 2 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
Poschl9455/
Pöchl9160/
Peschl831,444/
Paschl8361/
Pösl80354/
Pöschlová80128/
Poeschl77798/
Paschsl772/
Peuschl771/
Pösel73168/
Pössl7389/
Peshl7336/
Pöhsl731/
Pöhsel671/
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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 Pöschl
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