Posener Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Posener Surname Definition:

(Ger.) belonging to Posen [the Ger. equiv. of. the Polish Posnanski: Posen is the Ger. form of the Polish Posnan or Poznan: -er, Teutonic agential suff.]

Posener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England561:994,96549,531
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Posener Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) belonging to Posen [the Ger. equiv. of. the Polish Posnanski: Posen is the Ger. form of the Polish Posnan or Poznan: -er, Teutonic agential suff.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) One who came from Posen (now Poznan), a province in Poland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Harduin Pocenarius, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

Posener Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Posener Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Posener is found most in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Posener.

How Common Is The Last Name Posener? popularity and diffusion

The surname Posener is the 1,391,595th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname Posener is mostly found in Europe, where 46 percent of Posener reside; 37 percent reside in Northern Europe and 36 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Posener is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 994,965. In England Posener is mostly found in: Greater London, where 70 percent live, Kent, where 14 percent live and Merseyside, where 9 percent live. Besides England this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Posener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Posener has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Posener last name grew 124 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 162 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Posener Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Posener last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Posener earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.72% less than the national average, earning R 45,816 per year and in United States they earn 83.23% more than the national average, earning $79,062 USD per year.

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