Postema Surname

142,298th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Postema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,2181:7,614920
United States7921:457,65039,105
Australia351:771,30649,759
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England91:6,190,895170,599
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Postema Last Name Facts

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

The last name Postema is found most in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Postema? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 142,298th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,329,778 people. The surname Postema occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Postema reside; 72 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 2,218 people, or 1 in 7,614. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Groningen, where 24 percent live, North Holland, where 13 percent live and South Holland, where 12 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Postema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Postema has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 7,920 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Postema Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Postema last name are 46.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 92.96% registered with the party.

The amount Postema earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 16.11% less than the national average, earning R 199,344 per year and in United States they earn 1.76% more than the national average, earning $43,908 USD per year.

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Postema Reference & Research

Posthumus een Friese Naam - The origin of the name Posthumus.

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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 Postema
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