Pössel Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pössel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pössel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3001:268,35228,532
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Possel (541), Possél (1) & Possèl (1) are calculated separately.

Pössel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pössel is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Possel, Possél or Possèl. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pössel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 883,255th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Pössel are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Pössel is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 300 people, or 1 in 268,352. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 31 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 24 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found. Other than Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Possel94541/
Pösselt9229/
Pösel91168/
Possél891/
Possèl891/
Pessel831,111/
Passel83224/
Pöselt8370/
Pöhsel831/
Pöschel771,035/
Possehl77732/
Passehl77549/
Passell77217/
Possiel77113/
Pessell77112/
Poessel7793/
Possell7763/
Passiel7732/
Paessel773/
Passuel772/
Pessoel771/
Possael770/
Pesel73564/
Posel73358/
Pasel73334/
Pößel73121/
Päsel7326/
Pöselová717/
Passsehl711/
Poessell710/
Peszel67357/
Paszel67219/
Peesel67130/
Posell67115/
Paesel6778/
Pasell6764/
Passil6764/
Päselt6745/
Pescel6739/
Pessil6723/
Poesel6712/
Posiel674/
Pasiel672/
Peusel672/
Pesell672/
Paseel671/
Pesiel671/
Poseel671/
Pöchel671/
Posschell671/
Possil671/
Puisel671/
Phesel671/
Passyl670/

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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 Pössel
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