Posivak Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Posivak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posivak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:5,034,152256,679
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Pošivak (2) & Pošivák (33) are calculated separately.

Posivak Last Name Facts

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

Posivak occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered as: Pošivak or Pošivák. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Posivak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Posivak is the 2,075,631st most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Posivak reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 5,034,152. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 51 percent are found, California, where 18 percent are found and Arizona, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States Posivak is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 9 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.

Posivak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Posivak surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.

Posivak earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.68% less than the national average, earning $42,854 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pošivak952/
Poshivak932/
Pošivák9033/
Posivakova8211/
Poshyvak80169/
Podsevak8024/
Pošivaková715/
Poszywak67109/
Poshywak6712/
Pošiváková5953/
Pozywak5714/
Pagivagh531/
Pasewack530/

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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 Posivak
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