Posia Surname
Approximately 955 people bear this surname
Posia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Philippines | 85 | 1:1,191,038 | 93,973 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1:2,069,213 | 143,711 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Posia (61) may also be a first name.
Posia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Posia (Oriya: େପାସିଆ) is found most frequently in Togo. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 374,939th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,630,938 people. Posia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Posia reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Posia is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 61 people.
The surname Posia is most common in Togo, where it is borne by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Excluding Togo Posia occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posia in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାସିଆ | epasi'a | - |
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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 Posia
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