Poß: Surname History and Family Crest

Sharing the Poß name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Surname statistics

Official name counts are where our Poß file begins. Wikidata records Poß as a German family name.

Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Poß under several forms. Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Poß, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records. 3,209 Americans were listed as Poß in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. French birth records list 112 children named Poß between 1891 and 2000. Names that sound alike, such as Pass, are easily confused in old records.

Want more than a summary? See the Poß family name pack.