Postel is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Postel
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning: The name is common in the English Channel and the Somme. See Potelle for the senses. Variants with vocalization of the final: Posteau, Posteaux.

How popular is Postel?

Postel is common in Germany.

Postel is ranked 82086 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Postels plummeted by 1.015697 per cent to 1072 since 2000 and slipped by 1425 spots and ranked at 23647. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.51 85.78
Hispanic or Latino 12.59 11.63
Others 1.49 0.46
Black 0.93 1.66
Postel is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 5327 people have been found who wears Postel as their family name. Postel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
746,494 India7
8,411 Costa Rica4
2,915 Paraguay3
16,605 Austria3
65,594 Belgium2
1,169 New Caledonia2
24,766 Scotland2
53,505 Turkey1
58,885 Poland1
174,544 Czech Republic1
25,721 Egypt1
6,149 Ethiopia1
153,416 Italy1
36,678 Singapore1
81,201 Switzerland1
7,292 Vietnam1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
56,169 Mexico1
28,365 Kenya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,927 England43
73,929 Spain21
133,639 Canada18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,021 Chile81
92,589 Brazil79
84,218 Ukraine52
Countries with hundreds of Postel:
11,241 Netherlands252
85,798 Russia143
10,102 Israel106
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Postel:
4,818 France1,714
23,015 United States1,357
7,305 Germany1,311
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Comments

D
Dagmar Snider
epost is a fairly common name in Normandy and in the south, represents the archaic form of post, characteristic name or nickname of a home of an employee in the pillory.

Postel Namesakes

  • Christian Heinrich Postel, Poet
  • Gert Postel, Impostor
  • Jon Postel, Computer scientist
  • Christian Heinrich Postel, Poet
  • Lavor Postell, Basketball player
  • Lavor Postell, Basketball player
  • Sabine Postel-Riewoldt, Actor
  • Suzan Postel, Musical Artist
  • Tudor Postelnicu, Politician
  • Sorin Postelnicu, Cesonia Postelnicu's father

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