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) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 394,524th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,142,509 people. The last name Posam is primarily 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 first name worldwide It is held by 194 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 820 people, or 1 in 935,446. In India Posam is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 58 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 34 percent reside and Telangana, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 8 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
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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