Posado Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Posado Surname User-submission:

The Posado surname means 'the master'.

Posado Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2561:182,62512,827
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Argentina531:806,48053,420
Colombia151:3,184,93814,936
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Posado Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Posado surname means 'the master'.

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Posado Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posado (Russian: Посадо) is found most frequently in Spain. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Posado click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Posado? popularity and diffusion

It is the 708,658th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Posado live; 62 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 62 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 182,625. In Spain Posado is primarily concentrated in: Castile and León, where 62 percent reside, Basque Country, where 12 percent reside and Madrid, where 8 percent reside. Besides Spain this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Argentina, where 13 percent reside.

Posado Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Posado last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Posado earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 16.92% less than the national average, earning $18,860,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 35.17% less than the national average, earning $27,974 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posados9218/
Posaydo9216/
Pousado922/
Poshaido864/
Potsadot864/
Pousados863/
Posada8377,357/
Pesado831,893/
Pasado83142/
Pojado8363/
Posodo835/
Pozado833/
Pocado832/
Posadas7748,034/
Pousada771,709/
Podsada77424/
Posiada7746/
Possada7732/
Posadaz7730/
Posaida7728/
Posayda7726/
Potsada7725/
Possedo7714/
Pochado7711/
Passado776/
Posadad772/
Posasda772/
Pessado772/
Pasadoz771/
Pouzado771/
Pasados771/
Pasasdo771/
Poujado770/
Pousadas71117/
Passeado7130/
Possadas7125/
Poziadou714/
Poshayda713/
Pausados712/
Poshaida711/
Pussadou711/
Posaddas711/
Posadads711/
Pochadoj711/
Pozada671,102/
Pouzadoux67444/
Pasada67336/
Pajado67258/
Pesada67128/
Pasedo67101/
Pacedo6775/
Pusada6722/
Pezado6714/
Poseda6710/
Pusodo679/
Pacado675/
Patseadou674/
Pojodo674/
Pojada673/
Posoda672/
Phutsadoo671/
Phoutsada671/
Pósada671/

Posado Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Posado in the Russian language
Посадоposado-

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