Posilek Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Posilek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Posilek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
France21:33,211,361423,184
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Posilek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posilek is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Posilek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,274,477th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Posilek live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 2,439,559. In Germany it is most numerous in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 39 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 21 percent live. Beside Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 6 percent live and Norway, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posielek935/
Posiłek86206/
Posylek8623/
Poselek866/
Posiełek8018/
Podsielik756/
Posełek71135/
Posyłek71105/
Pashilk7130/
Paselek7111/
Posselecke718/
Pesilik711/
Pouselik6738/
Pachoilk671/
Paseelek671/
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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 Posilek
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