Posival Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Posival Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posival Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States831:4,366,975231,516
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Pošíval (30) are calculated separately.

Posival Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posival occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Pošíval. Click here for further potential spellings of Posival.

How Common Is The Last Name Posival? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,871,545th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. Posival occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Posival reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Posival is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 4,366,975. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 18 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Posival Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Posival has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Posival last name increased 4,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Posival Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Posival last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Posival earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 21.37% less than the national average, earning $33,928 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.99% more than the national average, earning $57,628 CAD per year.

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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 Posival
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