Positani Surname
Approximately 1,097 people bear this surname
Positani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,072 | 1:15,969 | 2,510 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Positani (100) may also be a first name.
Positani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Positani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Positani is found most in Malawi. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Positani.
How Common Is The Last Name Positani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Positani is the 336,072nd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,643,159 people. The last name Positani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Positani live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 946,056th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 100 people.
The surname Positani is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,072 people, or 1 in 15,969. Outside of Malawi Positani is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Positani
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