Posfay Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Posfay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posfay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pósfay (31) are calculated separately.

Posfay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posfay is carried by more people in Argentina than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Pósfay. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Posfay? popularity and diffusion

Posfay is the 4,908,606th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Posfay are found; 44 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 31 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

Posfay is most frequently occurring in Argentina, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 8,548,683. In Argentina Posfay is most prevalent in: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 80 percent reside and Córdoba Province, where 20 percent reside. Barring Argentina this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 31 percent reside and Hungary, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pósfay9431/
Pofay911/
Posfai8353/
Potfay8314/
Poszfa831/
Pesfay831/
Pofa8065/
Posfayova805/
Posfayová802/
Pottfay7730/
Pesfaye771/
Phofa73372/
Poffa73233/
Poufa7355/
Pusfa7331/
Pesfa734/
Pofey734/
Poofa733/
Phofy731/
Pofat731/
Pgofa731/
Pofad731/
Poffy730/
Poffahey711/
Pósfai67223/
Potfaj67105/
Phoffa6745/
Pushfa6724/
Pouffa6712/
Pusfha676/
Poffas674/
Pósfayová672/
Pusfah672/
Poffad671/
Poifey671/
Pofiya671/
Posfaiova671/
Poodfa671/
Phofat671/
Pesfai671/
Poifah671/
Poushfast671/
Pohfah671/
Poufai671/
Poofai671/
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 Posfay
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