Possinger
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Possinger
Frequency: (113)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. altered form of German Pösinger, a habitational name for someone from Pösing in Bavaria, or Bössinger, a habitational name for someone from Bissingen near Ludwigsburg (earlier Bussingen) or from Baisingen (earlier Bössingen).
2. German (Pössinger): habitational name for someone from Pösingen in the Upper Palatinate.
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