Postay Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Postay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 221 | 1:968,662 | 34,434 |
| Argentina | 72 | 1:593,659 | 42,221 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Postay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Postay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Postay is found most in Brazil. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Postay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 881,213th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Postay are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 72 percent are found in Luso-South America.
This surname is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 968,662. In Brazil Postay is most numerous in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 73 percent are found, Espírito Santo, where 16 percent are found and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Brazil it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 24 percent are found and Uruguay, where 4 percent are found.
Postay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Postay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Postay
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