Pösl Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pösl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pösl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3111:258,86027,806
Czechia261:408,98046,580
Austria121:709,62061,025
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Posl (175) are calculated separately.

Pösl Last Name Facts

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

Pösl is found most frequently in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms: Posl. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pösl? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 794,916th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. The last name Pösl occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pösl reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 311 people, or 1 in 258,860. In Germany Pösl is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 71 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 7 percent are found and Austria, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posl92175/
Pösel89168/
Pössl8989/
Pöhsl891/
Pöschl806,158/
Pöhsel801/
Pesl75636/
Pößl7567/
Pözl7520/
Pasl756/
Pöslová7321/
Pesel67564/
Pessl67417/
Posel67358/
Pasil67349/
Pasel67334/
Pögel67169/
Pöchl6760/
Poesl6760/
Peshl6736/
Posil6730/
Paesl6729/
Päsel6726/
Pehsl6722/
Pesil6711/
Pösslová6710/
Peesl676/
Pohsl673/
Passl672/
Peszl672/
Possl672/
Phosl671/

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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 Pösl
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