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
Posava (Marathi: पोसवा) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Posava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Posava are found; 57 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 57 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Posava is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 29 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held 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. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name 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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