Possante Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Possante Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Possante Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1321:78,9263,983
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080

Possante Last Name Facts

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

Possante occurs most in Portugal. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Possante.

How Common Is The Last Name Possante? popularity and diffusion

The surname Possante is the 1,353,468th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Possante occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Possante live; 80 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 80 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Portugal, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 78,926. Other than Portugal this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

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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 Possante
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