Positan Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Positan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
Positan Demographics
Positan Political Affiliation
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Positan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Positan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Positan has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Positan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,589,322nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Positan are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Not including Malawi this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside.
Positan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Positan last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
Positan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.69% more than the national average, earning $48,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posytan | 86 | 9 | / |
| Pasitan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pocitan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Positon | 86 | 0 | / |
| Poushistan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pasitang | 80 | 11 | / |
| Positong | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pasaitan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pesaitan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pasittang | 75 | 13 | / |
| Phosithon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pacitan | 71 | 60 | / |
| Posyton | 71 | 50 | / |
| Pagitan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Poushestan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Phosithong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pasiton | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pogiton | 71 | 1 | / |
| Photsithong | 67 | 1,915 | / |
| Pachitan | 67 | 40 | / |
| Phosaithong | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pusitong | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pochetan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pochiton | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Positan
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