Poskett Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Poskett Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poskett Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1411:395,16427,358
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Poskett Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poskett is most common in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poskett? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,478,479th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Poskett live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 395,164. In England it is most common in: Durham, where 26 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 11 percent live and Gloucestershire, where 9 percent live. Barring England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Poskett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Poskett has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Poskett surname rose 362 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posckett931/
Poskeitt931/
Posket9210/
Peskett861,110/
Poskitt861,016/
Paskett86819/
Poisket8613/
Poskete860/
Puskett860/
Poschett801/
Poskitte801/
Pasket77260/
Pesket7718/
Pusket776/
Poskit772/
Poschet71141/
Paskiet7196/
Pashket7128/
Poskite711/
Poskyte711/
Pushket711/
Posquet711/
Paskeet710/
Pesketh710/
Peskitt710/
Paskitt710/
Paszkiet67499/
Pasquett67146/
Poisquet6767/
Poskaite6738/
Paschket6735/
Puschett6717/
Passkiet671/
Paschett670/

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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
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  • 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 Poskett
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