Posei Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Posei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Posei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Posei is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Posei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Posei live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 89 percent are found and East Sepik, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea Posei exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Posei
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