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 most in Romania. It may appear in the variant forms: Poșteanu. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Posteanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Posteanu occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Posteanu are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Posteanu is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 282,787. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Constanța County, where 49 percent live, Mureș County, where 44 percent live and Iași County, where 6 percent live. Other than Romania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Spain, where 1 percent live.
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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