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
Posad (Russian: Посад) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Posád. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Posad? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,658,108th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. It 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 common first name in the world, held by 28 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Russia, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 1,974,288. In Russia it is primarily found in: Moscow Oblast, where 82 percent live, Moscow, where 8 percent live and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 3 percent live. Beside Russia Posad occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 24 percent live and Czechia, where 6 percent live.
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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