Posseh Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Posseh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
Posseh (18) may also be a first name.
Posseh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posseh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posseh is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Posseh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Posseh is the 3,730,171st most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Posseh live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Posseh is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held given name internationally, held by 18 people.
It is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 163,279. In Liberia Posseh is most numerous in: Margibi County, where 74 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 19 percent are found and Nimba County, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Liberia Posseh is found in one country. It is also found in Sierra Leone, where 4 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
- 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 Posseh
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