Poseika Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Poseika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 27 | 1:75,928 | 11,170 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Pošeika (1) are calculated separately.
Poseika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poseika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poseika is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Pošeika. For other potential spellings of Poseika click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poseika? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poseika is the 2,843,861st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Poseika live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in Baltic Europe.
Poseika is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 75,928. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 52 percent reside, Vidzeme, where 33 percent reside and Semigallia, where 7 percent reside. Beside Latvia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 32 percent reside and Greece, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Poseika
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