Posteau Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Posteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium181:638,70256,744
France51:13,284,544357,392
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Posteau Last Name Facts

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

Posteau occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Posteau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Posteau is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Posteau reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Posteau is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 638,702. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 83 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posteaux9324/
Postau921/
Pasteau86468/
Poteaux86276/
Potteau86238/
Potheau8677/
Poiteau8651/
Poyteau8620/
Poteaut861/
Postaux861/
Posta834,042/
Potau83207/
Poiteaux80180/
Pouteaux8081/
Potteaux807/
Posthaus806/
Postaush802/
Potaux77168/
Postat77128/
Poitau7798/
Postas7750/
Poshta7750/
Pastau7727/
Potaud7723/
Postad7723/
Postha7710/
Postou779/
Poesta772/
Pousta772/
Pasteu771/
Podsta771/
Pesteu771/
Postah771/
Poiteu771/
Pouteu771/
Pota739,727/
Pothaut7132/
Pothaud7131/
Poschta7115/
Pastaud7112/
Pateaud719/
Postash719/
Postazs712/
Postach712/
Patteau712/
Poutaud711/
Phostaa711/
Peuteau711/
Pateaux711/
Pauteau711/
Postous710/
Pothaus710/
Potta676,913/
Pesta673,248/
Pasta672,965/
Potha672,557/
Pusta671,939/
Potap67875/
Posto67665/
Patau67570/
Poota67533/
Pošta67372/
Phota67347/
Potaś67346/
Pouta67289/
Počta67212/
Potad67159/
Poita67154/
Poyta67146/
Potat67131/
Potou67107/
Pateu67103/
Potga6763/
Potaş6762/
Potaš6746/
Poxta6738/
Pósta6722/
Potah6721/
Potač6717/
Pojta6716/
Potaz6715/
Potoa6714/
Potaa677/
Poşta674/
Peauteau674/
Patteaux673/
Podta673/
Pěsta673/
Poșta673/
Pateault672/
Pohta671/
Potschta671/
Puota671/
Pastault671/
Pozta671/
Potuo671/
Potthaus671/
Pothhaus670/

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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
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  • 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 Posteau
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