Posou Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Posou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 91 | 1:89,601 | 11,921 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Posou (31) may also be a first name.
Posou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Posou occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Posou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,943,350th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Posou occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Posou are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 31 people.
Posou is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 89,601. In Papua New Guinea Posou is most common in: Gulf, where 62 percent reside, National Capital District, where 33 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 1 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 Posou
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