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
Posia (Oriya: େପାସିଆ) is more frequently found in Togo than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Posia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Posia is the 374,939th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,630,938 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Posia are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 61 people.
The last name Posia is most numerous in Togo, where it is carried by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Not including Togo Posia is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 9 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
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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