The Postel Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

The 2010 census count for Postel in the United States was 1,072, good for rank 23,647. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. French birth records list 2,359 children named Postel between 1891 and 2000. There were 102 such births in the 1890s and 234 in the 1990s. We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Postel, the family's own records come first.

The Postel last name leaves a measurable trail in public statistics.

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Postel, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Want more than a summary? See the Postel family name pack.