Phoste Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Phoste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Phoste (30) may also be a first name.
Phoste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phoste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phoste is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phoste? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phoste live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Phoste is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name Phoste is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Phoste is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 90 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Phoste
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