Posolo Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Posolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Posolo (11) may also be a first name.

Posolo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posolo is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Posolo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Posolo is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Posolo live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.

The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 90 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 20 percent reside and Turkey, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Possolo92205/
Posolop9219/
Potsolo923/
Possollo8632/
Possoelo864/
Phosholo861/
Potsholo861/
Pasolo83154/
Pesolo83127/
Pozolo8347/
Poselo8344/
Pojolo838/
Pocolo837/
Posulo831/
Posola831/
Poussoulo80526/
Pascolo771,083/
Pozzolo771,010/
Phoselo77113/
Pasolot7769/
Pessolo7753/
Potsulo7748/
Pocholo7740/
Passolo7718/
Pasoelo7712/
Phesolo7711/
Podjolo7711/
Potsalo775/
Poisalo774/
Pasollo774/
Pussolo772/
Possola772/
Páscolo771/
Posulot771/
Pasholo771/
Phosola771/
Pesiolo771/
Poussoulou751/
Pozzuolo71117/
Poggiolo7140/
Poitsalo7123/
Poutsalo7114/
Posholla7113/
Potsullo7110/
Passoelo714/
Pasholop712/
Passollo711/
Pozzollo711/
Pesola671,674/
Pasalo671,300/
Posala67921/
Pasola67173/
Pocola6775/
Posula6755/
Pezolo6754/
Pusola6741/
Pozola6727/
Pajolo6726/
Paselo6722/
Pasulo6717/
Passoello6717/
Posela6717/
Pusulo6710/
Pesalo677/
Pacolo676/
Pouchoulo673/
Photsalot672/
Pasocello671/
Pusalo671/
Poxola671/
Pozulo671/

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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 Posolo
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