Possum Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Possum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Possum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia351:771,30649,759
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
England11:55,718,059489,080
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Possum (43) may also be a first name.

Possum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Possum Come From? nationality or country of origin

Possum is found most in Australia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Possum.

How Common Is The Last Name Possum? popularity and diffusion

Possum is the 2,530,696th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. Possum is primarily found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Possum are found; 60 percent are found in Australasia and 60 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Possum is also the 1,545,828th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 43 people.

Possum is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 771,306. In Australia it is primarily found in: Queensland, where 34 percent live, Western Australia, where 31 percent live and Victoria, where 20 percent live. Not including Australia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and Czechia, where 3 percent live.

Possum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Possum has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Possum Last Name Statistics demography

Possum earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Possoum921/
Posum9129/
Passum8313/
Possom8313/
Posume8310/
Pessum832/
Poisum830/
Poussoume801/
Podszum7711/
Possung776/
Poissom772/
Passeum771/
Pessoum771/
Phosium771/
Poussom771/
Passoum771/
Posun73104/
Pasum7396/
Posom7322/
Pozum7315/
Pusum739/
Posuń735/
Pesum730/
Posson67857/
Phosom67364/
Paesum6771/
Posung6732/
Phusum676/
Putsum675/
Passun673/
Poshun672/
Pusume672/
Pashum672/
Pasium671/
Pussom671/
Poosom671/
Passom671/
Pasumg671/
Patsum671/
Pochum671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Possum
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis