Posthoorn Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Posthoorn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 126 | 1:134,025 | 20,684 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Posthoorn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posthoorn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posthoorn is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Posthoorn click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posthoorn? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,511,557th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. Posthoorn occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Posthoorn live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Posthoorn is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 134,025. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 69 percent are found, Drenthe, where 10 percent are found and North Brabant, where 6 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands Posthoorn occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 6 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posthorn | 94 | 3 | / |
| Pothorn | 88 | 39 | / |
| Pothorin | 82 | 14 | / |
| Poothorn | 82 | 7 | / |
| Phothorn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Postorin | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pouthorn | 82 | 0 | / |
| Potorn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Postgoren | 78 | 25 | / |
| Phoothorn | 78 | 3 | / |
| Pothárn | 75 | 52 | / |
| Pootorn | 75 | 20 | / |
| Potharn | 75 | 9 | / |
| Photorn | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pathorn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pastorin | 71 | 1,257 | / |
| Potharin | 71 | 18 | / |
| Phootorn | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pastorín | 71 | 2 | / |
| Patthorn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pastorne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Photharin | 67 | 488 | / |
| Pastorina | 67 | 10 | / |
| Phatchorn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pastourin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paththorn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phatthorn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potharint | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pasztorne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pastoring | 67 | 1 | / |
| Posturina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Postarina | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Posthoorn
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