Poson Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Poson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 132 | 1:766,956 | 74,930 |
| Liberia | 99 | 1:44,531 | 4,051 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Posoń (11) are calculated separately.
Poson (147) may also be a first name.
Poson Demographics
Average Poson Salary in
South Africa
R 238,404
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Poson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poson is found most in The Philippines. It can appear as: Posoń. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poson? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 872,430th most common family name on earth, held by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 46 percent of Poson are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 42 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Poson is also the 760,591st most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 147 people.
This last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 766,956. In The Philippines it is most common in: Caraga, where 22 percent are found, Bicol, where 18 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 32 percent are found and South Africa, where 8 percent are found.
Poson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Poson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Poson surname decreased 56 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Poson Last Name Statistics demography
Poson earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.32% more than the national average, earning R 238,404 per year.
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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 Poson
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