Posai Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Posai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 264 | 1:267,569 | 45,865 |
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Posai (99) may also be a first name.
Posai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posai (Hindi: पोसई, Marathi: पोसई) is found most in Thailand. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Posai? popularity and diffusion
Posai is the 718,674th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. The surname Posai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Posai reside; 65 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 65 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Posai is also the 951,070th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 99 people.
The surname Posai is most common in Thailand, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 267,569. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Lampang Province, where 72 percent live, Bangkok, where 8 percent live and Chiang Mai Province, where 5 percent live. Not including Thailand Posai exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posai in the Hindi language | ||
| पोसई | posa'i | - |
| Posai in the Marathi language | ||
| पोसई | posa'i | 66.67 |
| कोसाई | kosa'i | 33.33 |
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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 Posai
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