Poels
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname from a place/landscape term; possibly a patronymic or genitive form, from pōl 'pool, marsh'; bearer count 20
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/pəəɫz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Poels is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country.
- BEBelgium1 in 8.5K(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 14K
- FIFinland≈1 in 397K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Belgium (measured from records)
- Sources
- 99 (measured from records)
- 1 in 8.5K (inferred from the name graph)
1,377 people, 2008
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname from a place/landscape term; possibly a patronymic or genitive form, from pōl 'pool, marsh'; bearer count 20.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Poels counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | 1,377 | 1 in 8.5K | 1.4K | Poels | 59 |
| NL Netherlands | 1,226 | 1 in 14K | 1.2K | Poels | 52 |
| US United States | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 2.6M | listed | Poels | 23 |
| FR France | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 605K | 10 | Poels | 99 |
| DE Germany | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Poels | 46 |
| FI Finland | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 397K | — | Poels | 2 |
| EE Estonia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | listed | — | 1 |
1,377 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jan Poelsb. 1851NLDutch veterinarian and professor
- Albert Poelsb. 1903BEBelgian sculptor (1903–1984)
- Lode Poelsb. 1920BEBelgian cyclist
- Jeanpyer Poëlsb. 1940FRFrench poet (1940-2018)
- Jack Poelsb. 1957NLDutch musician
- Pat Poelsb. 1968USAmerican poker player
- Marijn Poelsb. 1975NLDutch filmmaker and director
- Candice Poels-Estellatb. 1978FRresearcher
- Ann Poelsb. 1978BEBelgian rider
- Wout Poelsb. 1987NLDutch racing cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1.4K | #862 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 1.3K | #938 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 1.2K | #1,321 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 4 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Poels mean, and where does it come from?
- Toponymic surname from a place/landscape term; possibly a patronymic or genitive form, from pōl 'pool, marsh'; bearer count 20. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Poels?
- A machine transcription gives /pəəɫz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Poels have the most bearers?
- In Belgium, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Poels, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled poels.
- Where is Poels most common?
- Poels is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 8.5 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Poels?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 1,377 people named Poels in 2008, about 1 in 8.5 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/poelsThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Poels”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.