Posham Surname
Approximately 2,318 people bear this surname
Posham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,313 | 1:331,632 | 18,304 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Posham (3,759) may also be a first name.
Posham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posham Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posham (Hindi: पोषम, Marathi: पोशम) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Posham? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 183,237th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,143,894 people. The last name Posham is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Posham live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Posham is also the 114,814th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 3,759 people.
This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 2,313 people, or 1 in 331,632. In India Posham is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 81 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 17 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 2 percent reside. Excluding India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Poland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posham Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posham in the Marathi language | ||
| पोशम | posama | 80.36 |
| पोषम | posama | 12.5 |
| पोशाम | posama | 5.36 |
| पोचम | pocama | 0.89 |
| रोषम | rosama | 0.89 |
| Posham in the Hindi language | ||
| पोषम | posama | 70 |
| पोशम | posama | 30 |
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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 Posham
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