Posthouwer Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Posthouwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Posthouwer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3171:53,2729,142
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Australia41:6,748,925181,100

Posthouwer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Posthouwer is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Posthouwer.

How Common Is The Last Name Posthouwer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 830,559th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. The surname Posthouwer is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Posthouwer are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Posthouwer is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 53,272. In The Netherlands Posthouwer is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 32 percent are found, Utrecht, where 28 percent are found and North Holland, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potowe7522/
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Postovei6745/
Pustover6717/
Pothawee6712/
Postowoj678/
Postowit675/
Postoway674/
Postohui674/
Potabher671/
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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 Posthouwer
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