Pötzl Surname
Approximately 1,567 people bear this surname
Pötzl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,266 | 1:63,590 | 8,169 |
| Austria | 279 | 1:30,521 | 4,925 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
The alternate forms: Potzl (11) are calculated separately.
Pötzl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pötzl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pötzl is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Potzl. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pötzl? popularity and diffusion
Pötzl is the 252,519th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,650,636 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pötzl reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,266 people, or 1 in 63,590. In Germany it is most common in: Bavaria, where 47 percent live, Hesse, where 17 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent live. Other than Germany Pötzl is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 18 percent live and Czechia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potzl | 93 | 11 | / |
| Pötzel | 91 | 60 | / |
| Pözl | 89 | 20 | / |
| Petzl | 80 | 480 | / |
| Patzl | 80 | 307 | / |
| Pötzlová | 77 | 19 | / |
| Petzel | 73 | 1,516 | / |
| Potzel | 73 | 692 | / |
| Pätzel | 73 | 526 | / |
| Patzel | 73 | 439 | / |
| Poetzl | 73 | 180 | / |
| Petzil | 73 | 6 | / |
| Patzll | 73 | 0 | / |
| Paetzel | 67 | 699 | / |
| Poetzel | 67 | 139 | / |
| Pezl | 67 | 85 | / |
| Petzäll | 67 | 44 | / |
| Pazl | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pätzelt | 67 | 28 | / |
| Petzell | 67 | 14 | / |
| Patzell | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pézl | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pötschl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pozl | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pötzl
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