Posiso Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Posiso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posiso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa801:677,22149,167
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Posiso (15) may also be a first name.

Posiso Last Name Facts

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

The last name Posiso is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Posiso click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Posiso? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,091,648th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Posiso occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Posiso reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname Posiso is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 677,221. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent live, Western Cape, where 38 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa Posiso exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Posiso Last Name Statistics demography

Posiso earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.35% less than the national average, earning R 186,900 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phosiso9239/
Possiso924/
Posisoi922/
Posisso921/
Possisso86630/
Phosisod861/
Pogiso83480/
Posisa834/
Photsisot808/
Pogisho77220/
Potsisa7789/
Posaico7780/
Pogihso772/
Phosisa772/
Posisia771/
Posijho771/
Pozisso771/
Phusisot7134/
Photsisa718/
Patsisoy711/
Possyjoy711/
Potshisa711/
Photsisat6786/
Pasico6715/
Pogisa677/
Phoseesod676/
Pesisa674/
Pasisa673/
Paseso673/
Pajiso671/
Pooseesod671/
Posica671/
Pasijo671/
Pojijo671/
Poseco671/

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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 Posiso
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