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Where Does The Last Name Post Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Post (Hindi: पोस्त, Russian: Пост) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Pöst. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Post? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 8,663^rd most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 111,089 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Post live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 281,229^th most frequent first name globally It is held by 842 people.

The last name Post is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 32,632 people, or 1 in 11,107. In The United States Post is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 123 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 9 percent live.

Post Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Post has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Post surname rose 374 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 189 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it rose 567 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 127 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Post Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (67%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Post last name are 19.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.84% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Post earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 7.99% less than the national average, earning 318,427 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 21.32% more than the national average, earning R 288,300 per year; in United States they earn 5.87% more than the national average, earning $45,682 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.17% more than the national average, earning $49,765 CAD per year.