Posay Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Posay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Posay (55) may also be a first name.
Posay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Posay (Marathi: पोसाय) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Posay? popularity and diffusion
Posay is the 4,649,889th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Posay reside; 39 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 33 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Posay is also the 1,336,256th most numerous first name globally It is held by 55 people.
The surname Posay is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 16,873,037. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 33 percent live, National Capital Region, where 33 percent live and Eastern Visayas, where 17 percent live. Not including The Philippines Posay is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 22 percent live and Israel, where 17 percent live.
Posay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Posay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Posay last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posay in the Marathi language | ||
| पोसाय | posaya | 82.86 |
| पोसय | posaya | 14.29 |
| पोसायाराम | posayarama | 2.86 |
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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 Posay
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