Posava Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Posava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Posava (29) may also be a first name.
Posava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posava (Marathi: पोसवा) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Posava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Posava reside; 57 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 29 people.
Posava is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: National Capital District, where 75 percent live and Madang, where 25 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posava in the Marathi language | ||
| पोसवा | posava | 85.71 |
| कोसवा | kosava | 14.29 |
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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 Posava
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