Posth Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Posth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1341:600,78748,250
United States311:11,692,224454,091
France241:2,767,613196,808
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Posth Last Name Facts

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

Posth is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Posth? popularity and diffusion

The surname Posth is the 1,035,555th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Posth live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 600,787. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent reside, Saarland, where 32 percent reside and Berlin, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Germany Posth is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and France, where 10 percent reside.

Posth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Posth has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Posth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Posth surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Posth earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 359.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 89,003 per year and in United States they earn 41.22% more than the national average, earning $60,934 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poshth911/
Posthe911/
Poesth910/
Post8965,601/
Poste801,341/
Pfost80873/
Poust80683/
Poist80541/
Poost80167/
Pesth80118/
Poest80100/
Poszt8091/
Pasth8023/
Postt8018/
Pohst8016/
Posht807/
Posts803/
Phost802/
Postz800/
Poyst800/
Posteher7785/
Poiset7340/
Pasthe7334/
Poshte7325/
Pashth7322/
Poists7317/
Phoste7312/
Paesth732/
Postte732/
Pfoust730/
Poustz730/
Pest671,281/
Past671,230/
Pashthe67266/
Postova67116/
Postová6751/
Posd673/
Padshth672/
Pöst671/
Poxt671/
Poisett670/

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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
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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 Posth
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