Posad Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Posad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 73 | 1:1,974,288 | 123,658 |
| Ukraine | 29 | 1:1,569,748 | 122,792 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Posád (17) are calculated separately.
Posad (28) may also be a first name.
Posad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posad (Russian: Посад) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Posád. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Posad? popularity and diffusion
Posad is the 1,658,108th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Posad live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Posad is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most widely held in Russia, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 1,974,288. In Russia Posad is most prevalent in: Moscow Oblast, where 82 percent reside, Moscow, where 8 percent reside and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 3 percent reside. Barring Russia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 24 percent reside and Czechia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posad in the Russian language | ||
| Посад | posad | - |
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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 Posad
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