Posa Surname
Approximately 8,269 people bear this surname
Posa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,127 | 1:360,633 | 19,563 |
| Italy | 1,445 | 1:42,323 | 7,607 |
| United States | 768 | 1:471,952 | 40,109 |
| Romania | 711 | 1:28,239 | 3,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 500 | 1:16,307 | 1,613 |
| Philippines | 483 | 1:209,603 | 32,805 |
| Thailand | 303 | 1:233,130 | 39,389 |
| New Zealand | 200 | 1:22,642 | 3,959 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Spain | 187 | 1:250,011 | 15,999 |
| Tanzania | 172 | 1:307,800 | 23,568 |
| Australia | 155 | 1:174,166 | 17,758 |
| South Africa | 111 | 1:488,087 | 40,113 |
| Pakistan | 91 | 1:1,963,120 | 19,042 |
| Canada | 91 | 1:404,897 | 35,698 |
| United Arab Emirates | 86 | 1:106,538 | 9,171 |
| Finland | 84 | 1:65,437 | 7,417 |
| Germany | 62 | 1:1,298,475 | 82,291 |
| Argentina | 53 | 1:806,480 | 53,420 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Lesotho | 37 | 1:54,934 | 8,266 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Slovakia | 29 | 1:184,016 | 31,260 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
| Paraguay | 20 | 1:361,837 | 5,406 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Serbia | 8 | 1:893,118 | 28,088 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
The alternate forms: Pósa (868), Poša (776), Poşa (58) & Póša (55) are calculated separately.
Posa (2,134) may also be a first name.
Posa Demographics
Average Male Posa Height
177.41 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Posa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posa (Hindi: पोसा, Marathi: पोसा, Oriya: େପାସ, Russian: Поса) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be rendered as: Pósa, Poša, Poşa or Póša. Click here to see other possible spellings of Posa.
How Common Is The Last Name Posa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,857th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 881,309 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 38 percent of Posa reside; 27 percent reside in South Asia and 26 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 162,595th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 2,134 people.
The surname Posa is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 2,127 people, or 1 in 360,633. In India Posa is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 83 percent are found, Telangana, where 8 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 5 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Posa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Posa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,072 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Posa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Posa surname are 31.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 84.44% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Posa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 18.92% less than the national average, earning €24,348 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.7% less than the national average, earning R 136,164 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.43% more than the national average, earning $29,610,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.97% more than the national average, earning $48,315 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.51% more than the national average, earning $66,830 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posa in the Hindi language | ||
| पोसा | posa | 99.47 |
| पोषा | posa | 0.53 |
| Posa in the Marathi language | ||
| पोसा | posa | 98.41 |
| पोशा | posa | 0.8 |
| पॉसा | posa | 0.8 |
| Posa in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାସ | epasa | 50 |
| େପାଷା | epasa | 50 |
| Posa in the Russian language | ||
| Поса | posa | - |
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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
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- 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 Posa
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