Posse Surname
Approximately 6,430 people bear this surname
Posse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 3,078 | 1:13,887 | 1,247 |
| Uruguay | 760 | 1:4,515 | 518 |
| Brazil | 504 | 1:424,751 | 16,130 |
| Spain | 482 | 1:96,996 | 8,015 |
| Germany | 303 | 1:265,695 | 28,336 |
| United States | 291 | 1:1,245,563 | 88,018 |
| Colombia | 192 | 1:248,823 | 5,387 |
| Switzerland | 158 | 1:51,980 | 6,819 |
| Sweden | 99 | 1:99,462 | 7,215 |
| Mexico | 92 | 1:1,349,198 | 15,373 |
| Venezuela | 66 | 1:457,638 | 9,047 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Honduras | 35 | 1:251,898 | 2,491 |
| Latvia | 32 | 1:64,064 | 9,614 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Cuba | 19 | 1:606,459 | 5,830 |
| Panama | 18 | 1:217,348 | 6,003 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Ireland | 6 | 1:784,823 | 16,062 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
The alternate forms: Pösse (132) & Possé (15) are calculated separately.
Posse (84) may also be a first name.
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Posse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posse occurs in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Pösse or Possé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Posse.
How Common Is The Last Name Posse? popularity and diffusion
The surname Posse is the 76,242nd most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,133,366 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Posse are found; 72 percent are found in South America and 60 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. Posse is also the 1,046,220th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 84 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Argentina, where it is borne by 3,078 people, or 1 in 13,887. In Argentina it is most numerous in: Buenos Aires Province, where 43 percent live, Tucumán Province, where 11 percent live and Córdoba Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Argentina this surname occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in Uruguay, where 12 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.
Posse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Posse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Posse last name grew 909 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 667 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Posse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Posse surname are 4.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.94% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Posse earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.88% less than the national average, earning R 35,940 per year; in Colombia they earn 38.46% more than the national average, earning $31,434,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 2.45% more than the national average, earning $44,208 USD per year.
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Posse Reference & Research
Posey FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Posey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Posse
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