Position Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Position Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Position 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
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Position (66) may also be a first name.

Position Last Name Facts

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

The surname Position is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Position? popularity and diffusion

The surname Position is the 3,602,217th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Position live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 66 people.

The last name Position is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 97 percent reside and Delta, where 3 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.

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
Phositin881/
Pasitin800/
Pasiting7515/
Pousetin751/
Passitina719/
Pasiteng63172/
Paciting635/
Pochetin631/
Pasettin631/
Paseting631/
Poucetin631/
Pashiteen591/
Paciteng50346/
Pasetyan5010/
Pazityan501/
Paceting501/
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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 Position
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis