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 last name Posseh is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Posseh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posseh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Posseh occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Posseh live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name globally It is held by 18 people.
The last name Posseh is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 163,279. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Margibi County, where 74 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 19 percent reside and Nimba County, where 4 percent reside. Other than Liberia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Sierra Leone, where 4 percent reside.
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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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