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 last name Possea is more commonly found in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Possea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Possea are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This last name is most prevalent in Mauritius, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 258,683. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 80 percent live and Port Louis District, where 20 percent live. Other than Mauritius this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and India, where 14 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
- 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 Possea
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