Postlethwait Surname

412,207th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 846 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Postlethwait Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postlethwait Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8421:430,47437,141
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

Postlethwait Last Name Facts

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

The surname Postlethwait is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Postlethwait.

How Common Is The Last Name Postlethwait? popularity and diffusion

The surname Postlethwait is the 412,207th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,614,120 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Postlethwait reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Postlethwait is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 842 people, or 1 in 430,474. In The United States Postlethwait is most prevalent in: West Virginia, where 22 percent are found, Ohio, where 19 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Postlethwait Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Postlethwait has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 817 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Postlethwait Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Postlethwait last name are 2.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.55% registered to vote for the political party.

Postlethwait earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.05% less than the national average, earning $37,088 USD per year.

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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 Postlethwait
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