Poshu Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Poshu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Poshu (473) may also be a first name.
Poshu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poshu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poshu (Hindi: पोशू, Marathi: पोशु, Russian: Пошу) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poshu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Poshu occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Poshu live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 391,396th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 473 people.
The surname Poshu is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 17,838,730. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 100 percent live. Barring India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poshu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poshu in the Marathi language | ||
| पोशु | posu | 62.96 |
| पोशू | posu | 29.63 |
| पॉशु | posu | 3.7 |
| पोषु | posu | 3.7 |
| Poshu in the Hindi language | ||
| पोशू | posu | 36.36 |
| पोशु | posu | 31.82 |
| पोषु | posu | 18.18 |
| पोषू | posu | 13.64 |
| Poshu in the Russian language | ||
| Пошу | posu | - |
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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
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- 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 Poshu
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