Pössl Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Pössl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Possl (2) are calculated separately.
Pössl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pössl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pössl occurs in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Possl. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pössl? popularity and diffusion
Pössl is the 1,980,395th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Pössl is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pössl are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Austria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 258,043. In Austria it is most frequent in: Lower Austria, where 61 percent are found, Upper Austria, where 24 percent are found and Carinthia, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Austria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 36 percent are found and Sweden, where 17 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
- 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 Pössl
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