Possea Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Possea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Possea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Possea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Possea has its highest incidence in Mauritius. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Possea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Possea live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The last name Possea is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 258,683. In Mauritius Possea is primarily concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 80 percent are found and Port Louis District, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Mauritius this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Possea
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