Poso Surname
Approximately 6,735 people bear this surname
Poso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,381 | 1:31,029 | 3,880 |
| Philippines | 1,857 | 1:54,517 | 9,077 |
| Indonesia | 261 | 1:506,702 | 41,355 |
| Colombia | 259 | 1:184,456 | 4,768 |
| Italy | 250 | 1:244,627 | 33,116 |
| Lesotho | 192 | 1:10,586 | 2,402 |
| Argentina | 156 | 1:273,996 | 22,048 |
| United States | 136 | 1:2,665,139 | 160,299 |
| Brazil | 130 | 1:1,646,726 | 54,203 |
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| Honduras | 120 | 1:73,470 | 1,482 |
| Mexico | 103 | 1:1,205,109 | 14,520 |
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| Finland | 80 | 1:68,709 | 7,707 |
| Nicaragua | 68 | 1:88,545 | 1,791 |
| Peru | 61 | 1:521,051 | 14,430 |
| Solomon Islands | 55 | 1:10,546 | 1,849 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Ecuador | 30 | 1:530,195 | 11,121 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| El Salvador | 11 | 1:576,717 | 3,120 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Cuba | 8 | 1:1,440,340 | 7,824 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Poso (7,995) may also be a first name.
Poso Demographics
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Poso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poso (Hindi: पोसो, Russian: Посо) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poso? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 73,145th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,082,041 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Poso live; 35 percent live in Central Africa and 35 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Poso is also the 71,125th most common first name worldwide, held by 7,995 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,381 people, or 1 in 31,029. Outside of The DR Congo Poso is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 28 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Poso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Poso has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Poso surname rose 648 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Poso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Poso last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.64% being registered with the political party.
The amount Poso earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 1.96% more than the national average, earning €30,618 per year; in Peru they earn 43.56% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,940 per year; in South Africa they earn 52.32% less than the national average, earning R 113,304 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.43% more than the national average, earning $24,388,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning $41,893 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poso in the Hindi language | ||
| पोसो | poso | - |
| Poso in the Russian language | ||
| Посо | poso | - |
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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 Poso
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