Pöss Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Pöss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 153 | 1:526,179 | 44,202 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Pöss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pöss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pöss occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pöss? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,385,851st most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöss reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 526,179. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 52 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found and Hesse, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Germany it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Slovakia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Pöss
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