Posthum Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Posthum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posthum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Posthum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Posthum is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Posthum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Posthum occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Posthum live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Posthum is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany Posthum is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Germany Posthum exists in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posthume935/
Postum9229/
Pothum923/
Pasthum868/
Phothum864/
Pothoum861/
Potum8347/
Photchum80192/
Photthum80109/
Photkhum8087/
Pootthum801/
Pathum772,612/
Pastum7734/
Pestum7728/
Postom7720/
Pottum774/
Photum771/
Potoum771/
Pothom770/
Photchaum75359/
Poutchoum751/
Patthum711,885/
Phothom71712/
Phathum7118/
Poutoum7114/
Padthum7111/
Posthausen7111/
Phothun714/
Ppathum711/
Patkhum711/
Potthom711/
Potchom711/
Pathoum711/
Patchum711/
Potom671,288/
Patum67407/
Phatkhum6782/
Photkhun6780/
Phothung6715/
Photchom6714/
Potun6710/
Phatthum674/
Photthun674/
Pathumme672/
Phadthum671/
Poutgoum671/
Poutchom671/
Padthaum671/

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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 Posthum
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