Posthoff Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Posthoff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Posthoff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posthoff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Posthoff is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posthoff? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. Posthoff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Posthoff are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 1,789,010. In Germany Posthoff is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 58 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Other than Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.
Posthoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Posthoff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Posthoff surname decreased 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pothoff | 93 | 347 | / |
| Postoff | 93 | 15 | / |
| Posthof | 93 | 4 | / |
| Potthoff | 88 | 8,305 | / |
| Podthoff | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pothof | 86 | 684 | / |
| Potoff | 86 | 56 | / |
| Potthof | 80 | 222 | / |
| Pestoff | 80 | 36 | / |
| Pothoof | 80 | 23 | / |
| Pottoff | 80 | 22 | / |
| Pastoff | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pasthof | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pathoff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pothaff | 80 | 0 | / |
| Potof | 77 | 10 | / |
| Patthoff | 75 | 38 | / |
| Potthosf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Potthoft | 75 | 1 | / |
| Potthotf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pasthaff | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pottovff | 75 | 0 | / |
| Postov | 71 | 123 | / |
| Patoff | 71 | 58 | / |
| Postow | 71 | 30 | / |
| Pestof | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pottof | 71 | 0 | / |
| Postova | 67 | 116 | / |
| Pastoft | 67 | 94 | / |
| Poshtov | 67 | 21 | / |
| Poustaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poutouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poestov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pautoff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pottaff | 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
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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 Posthoff
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