Posam Surname
Approximately 895 people bear this surname
Posam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 820 | 1:935,446 | 40,218 |
| Panama | 73 | 1:53,593 | 2,554 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Posam (194) may also be a first name.
Posam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Posam (Hindi: पोसम, Marathi: पोसम) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Posam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Posam is the 394,524th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 8,142,509 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Posam live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 651,944th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 194 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 820 people, or 1 in 935,446. In India Posam is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 58 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 34 percent live and Telangana, where 8 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Panama, where 8 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posam in the Marathi language | ||
| पोसम | posama | 96.61 |
| पोसाम | posama | 1.41 |
| Posam in the Hindi language | ||
| पोसम | posama | 83.33 |
| पोषाम | posama | 16.67 |
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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 Posam
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