Posteanu Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Posteanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 71 | 1:282,787 | 25,901 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Poșteanu (8) are calculated separately.
Posteanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posteanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Posteanu occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Poșteanu. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posteanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Posteanu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Posteanu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 282,787. In Romania it is most frequent in: Constanța County, where 49 percent reside, Mureș County, where 44 percent reside and Iași County, where 6 percent reside. Barring Romania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poșteanu | 96 | 8 | / |
| Postanu | 93 | 50 | / |
| Pesteanu | 88 | 25 | / |
| Pasteanu | 88 | 7 | / |
| Postianu | 88 | 2 | / |
| Postenus | 88 | 1 | / |
| Potenu | 86 | 9 | / |
| Potanu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pateanu | 80 | 61 | / |
| Potanud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Potanus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pothangu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pothenus | 75 | 0 | / |
| Patanu | 71 | 208 | / |
| Phothanut | 71 | 11 | / |
| Patenu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Phouttanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pathanu | 67 | 1,962 | / |
| Pattanu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Patanus | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pootinu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Patenou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Potinus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Patenau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phatanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patangu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pattenu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potachinnu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patanau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Posteanu
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