Postam Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Postam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India131:59,005,029552,550
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Postam (10) may also be a first name.

Postam Last Name Facts

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

Postam (Hindi: पोस्तम) is found most frequently in India. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Postam? popularity and diffusion

The last name Postam is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Postam occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Postam live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Postam is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

Postam is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India Postam is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 92 percent reside and Bihar, where 8 percent reside. Aside from India this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potam91348/
Pastam834,361/
Pohtam831,220/
Postan83812/
Potham83353/
Pustam83259/
Photam83219/
Pottam83153/
Postom8320/
Potame8311/
Pestam833/
Poteam831/
Pootam831/
Pastham771,731/
Pashtam77182/
Photham7717/
Pustham7717/
Pasttam7714/
Postang7710/
Pushtam778/
Poistan778/
Potatem778/
Postome778/
Poshtan776/
Pastaam774/
Potaham773/
Photeam772/
Potasim771/
Pojtham771/
Phodtam771/
Pootham771/
Poottam771/
Postane771/
Postant771/
Pouteam771/
Pestham770/
Patam732,103/
Potom731,288/
Potan73632/
Phottham71110/
Potamova7119/
Postangk719/
Postheim714/
Postosme712/
Pochtamt712/
Poisxtan711/
Postahan711/
Postatin711/
Posthome711/
Phoottam711/
Pootasim711/
Poothamg711/
Poston6714,550/
Poxtan671,924/
Phatam67897/
Potane67893/
Pattam67827/
Pothan67745/
Poitan67590/
Patham67396/
Potang67327/
Padtam67135/
Pastan67105/
Photan6749/
Patame6746/
Potain6743/
Pottan6724/
Postanova6722/
Postonova678/
Paatam677/
Pootan677/
Potand676/
Poytan675/
Potgan675/
Patamm674/
Potean673/
Pateam672/
Potann672/
Poutan672/
Postão672/
Phoottham671/
Potanh671/
Poutom671/
Ppatam671/
Pothám671/
Potoum671/
Potome671/
Photom671/
Patgam671/
Paştam671/
Pataim671/
Pataam671/
Pastom671/
Pautam671/
Pottom671/
Potank671/
Pestom670/
Pothom670/

Postam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Postam in the Hindi language
पोस्तमpostama-

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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 Postam
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