Posokh Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Posokh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posokh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus1851:51,3578,781
Russia1621:889,64870,971
Ukraine1151:395,85047,959
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293

Posokh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posokh (Russian: Посох) is found in Belarus more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Posokh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 649,026th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name Posokh occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Posokh live; 80 percent live in Eastern Europe and 80 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most frequent in Belarus, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 51,357. In Belarus it is primarily found in: Minsk Region, where 74 percent live, Minsk, where 15 percent live and Grodno Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Belarus Posokh occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 35 percent live and Ukraine, where 25 percent live.

Posokh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Posokh last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Orthodox (80%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Posokh last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posoukh927/
Posok9110/
Posukh83396/
Posoch8324/
Posakh8312/
Posook839/
Posock836/
Possok835/
Phosok831/
Pousok831/
Pasokh831/
Posokhova804,144/
Possoch7728/
Patsokh776/
Phosook776/
Poushok773/
Phoshok771/
Poussok771/
Pasookh771/
Poysock771/
Possokhova755/
Pusok731,090/
Pasok73897/
Pesok73254/
Posoc73144/
Posak73120/
Pojok7332/
Posuk7327/
Pocok7323/
Posák7311/
Päsok731/
Poschock711/
Podshakh711/
Posokova711/
Poshukhe711/
Phoshoke711/
Phoshoks711/
Phoesook711/
Pushok67668/
Posukhova67350/
Pasook67214/
Poshak67206/
Poczok67181/
Pasakh67165/
Posiak67151/
Pashok67103/
Poshuk6758/
Phosuk6750/
Pesock6732/
Poszuk6731/
Pudsok6728/
Pasiok6727/
Pazokh6726/
Pousak6725/
Pessok6723/
Possak6721/
Potsak6720/
Posack6717/
Päsoke6713/
Phasok6712/
Poszák6710/
Pozsák679/
Posake678/
Posakk676/
Poosuk675/
Pesiok673/
Posochova673/
Peshok673/
Poszak672/
Pasokhova672/
Pochok672/
Pusook672/
Pozock671/
Poosak671/
Pohsuk671/
Poesuk671/
Pojsuk671/
Pesakh671/
Pasouk671/
Posakhova671/
Poochokch671/
Pocook671/
Podsuk671/
Posach671/
Padsok671/
Pasoke671/
Posuke671/
Poszók671/
Poszúk671/

Posokh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Posokh in the Russian language
Посохposoh-

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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 Posokh
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