Possu Surname
Approximately 1,154 people bear this surname
Possu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1,068 | 1:44,732 | 2,382 |
| Venezuela | 46 | 1:656,610 | 11,395 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Possú (3) & Possù (1) are calculated separately.
Possu Demographics
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Possu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Possu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Possu is borne by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Possú or Possù. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Possu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 323,175th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 6,315,031 people. The surname Possu occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Possu live; 97 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Caribbean South America.
The surname is most frequently held in Colombia, where it is carried by 1,068 people, or 1 in 44,732. In Colombia Possu is primarily found in: Cauca Department, where 49 percent reside, Valle del Cauca Department, where 47 percent reside and Capital District, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Colombia this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Possu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Possu last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Possu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 7.92% less than the national average, earning $20,905,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 21.93% less than the national average, earning $33,688 USD per year.
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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 Possu
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