Phostin Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Haiti

Phostin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phostin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Phostin (2,793) may also be a first name.

Phostin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Phostin Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Phostin is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phostin? popularity and diffusion

Phostin is the 3,485,539th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Phostin is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Phostin live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Phostin is also the 138,069th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 2,793 people.

Phostin is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 13 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postin92407/
Photin9217/
Phoustina881/
Phothin86314/
Poustin86156/
Postina8667/
Posting8666/
Photien8619/
Photina863/
Postion861/
Phestin861/
Poostin861/
Potin834,596/
Postn831/
Photthin80120/
Phaustin8013/
Poustina801/
Phothien801/
Posten771,163/
Potina77936/
Poting77609/
Pottin77563/
Fostin77505/
Pastin77284/
Photim77243/
Pestin77231/
Poštin77130/
Potion7792/
Poutin7754/
Postyn7749/
Pustin7746/
Phatin7738/
Potind7737/
Potien7718/
Photen7713/
Pohtin779/
Põhtin778/
Potuin776/
Pootin776/
Potinc775/
Vostin773/
Poitin773/
Potgin772/
Postén771/
Poştin771/
Poytin771/
Postingue7561/
Phaustina751/
Potn734/
Pastina71708/
Pustina71465/
Potting71222/
Pastijn71143/
Fostina71126/
Pastink7197/
Foustin7171/
Phating7162/
Pastion7132/
Pochtin7129/
Pastien7126/
Pottina7124/
Postyna7116/
Pestien7113/
Photeen7110/
Paustin719/
Pashtin716/
Phathin716/
Pootina715/
Poytina714/
Phatina714/
Fosting714/
Fhastin713/
Pottien713/
Pàstina713/
Fostion712/
Poutina712/
Photaen712/
Posteng711/
Postten711/
Pastisn711/
Pushtin711/
Peshtin711/
Photten711/
Photyon711/
Phation711/
Pgustin711/
Pouting710/
Pousten710/
Phesten710/
Poosten710/
Patin6711,361/
Postnova673,462/
Fotin672,048/
Votin67287/
Poten67186/
Photteng6768/
Potim6738/
Potne6723/
Paustina6722/
Potyn6722/
Foustina677/
Potinova676/
Phatn675/
Pousteen674/
Pootn671/
Paustion671/
Pushtina671/
Phasteen671/
Pahtn671/
Foustion671/
Postnowa671/
Pastn671/
Phothaen671/
Phooteng671/
Poutting670/
Paustien670/

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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 Phostin
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