Postians Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Postians Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postians Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales391:79,3476,699
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Postians Last Name Facts

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

The last name Postians is found most in Wales. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Postians.

How Common Is The Last Name Postians? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Postians live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in Wales, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 79,347. In Wales Postians is primarily concentrated in: Caerphilly County Borough, where 82 percent are found, City and County of Newport, where 15 percent are found and City and County of Cardiff, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Wales this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Postians Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Postians has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Postians last name declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Postians
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