Posiano Surname

328,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Posiano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posiano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5581:94,8779,450
Malawi5231:32,7334,882
Uganda271:1,445,89953,777
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Posiano (15,359) may also be a first name.

Posiano Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posiano is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Posiano? popularity and diffusion

Posiano is the 328,333rd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,449,156 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Posiano reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Posiano is also the 45,641st most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 15,359 people.

The surname Posiano is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 558 people, or 1 in 94,877. In Tanzania Posiano is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 59 percent live, Katavi Region, where 39 percent live and Kagera Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 46 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.

Posiano Last Name Statistics demography

Posiano earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.63% less than the national average, earning $29,071 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pousiano931/
Pasiano8659/
Pozianos801/
Pasgianou751/
Pojiono718/
Pasiono717/
Pasyanos6741/
Pazianos6735/
Parziano676/
Pazianou672/
Paziana5725/
Pasyana5717/
Pojjana579/
Pajiana571/
Pazianas5366/
Pauziana5325/

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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 Posiano
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