Posfai Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Posfai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Posfai Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary351:280,46521,617
England91:6,190,895170,599
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Pósfai (223) are calculated separately.

Posfai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posfai has its highest incidence in Hungary. It can occur as: Pósfai. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Posfai? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Posfai live; 75 percent live in Eastern Europe and 66 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name Posfai is most widely held in Hungary, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 280,465. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Fejér County, where 57 percent live, Bács-Kiskun County, where 31 percent live and Budapest, where 3 percent live. Barring Hungary this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and Slovakia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pósfai94223/
Posfay8316/
Poofai831/
Poufai831/
Poszfa831/
Pesfai831/
Pofi801,023/
Pofa8065/
Posfaiova801/
Photfai7799/
Phofi73383/
Phofa73372/
Poffa73233/
Pofit7390/
Poufa7355/
Pusfa7331/
Pofei7310/
Pasfi736/
Poffi735/
Pesfa734/
Poofa733/
Pafai732/
Poofi731/
Pofad731/
Pofay731/
Pofat731/
Pgofa731/
Pofie730/
Poiffait711/
Potfaj67105/
Phoffa6745/
Pósfay6731/
Pushfa6724/
Potfay6714/
Pouffa6712/
Pusfha676/
Posfayova675/
Poffas674/
Pafait673/
Pósfaiová672/
Posfayová672/
Pusfah672/
Pfaffi672/
Poffad671/
Patfai671/
Pohfah671/
Poffit671/
Poifah671/
Pesfay671/
Phofat671/
Poushfast671/
Poodfi671/
Poodfa671/
Pashfi671/
Phasfi671/
Pofiya671/
Pofaht670/
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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 Posfai
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