Possas Surname
Approximately 681 people bear this surname
Possas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 643 | 1:332,931 | 12,805 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Pôssas (12) are calculated separately.
Possas Demographics
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Possas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Possas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Possas occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Pôssas. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Possas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Possas is the 487,389th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. Possas occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Possas are found; 95 percent are found in South America and 94 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 643 people, or 1 in 332,931. In Brazil Possas is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 25 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 20 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 13 percent live. Other than Brazil it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
Possas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Possas surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Possas earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.56% more than the national average, earning $61,944 USD 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 Possas
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