Posom Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Posom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
Posom (13) may also be a first name.
Posom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Posom is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Posom? popularity and diffusion
Posom is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Posom is primarily found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Posom are found; 73 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 73 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Posom is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 13 people.
Posom is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Posom is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 50 percent reside, Morobe, where 44 percent reside and National Capital District, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 27 percent reside.
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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 Posom
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