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
Average Poso Salary in
United States
$41,893 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Poso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poso (Hindi: पोसो, Russian: Посо) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Poso.
How Common Is The Last Name Poso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poso is the 73,145th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,082,041 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Poso live; 35 percent live in Central Africa and 35 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 71,125th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 7,995 people.
Poso is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,381 people, or 1 in 31,029. Aside from The DR Congo Poso is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 28 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Poso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Poso has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Poso surname increased 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 with the Democratic Party 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
- 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 Poso
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