Postonen Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Postonen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postonen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Finland31:1,832,23457,803

Postonen Last Name Facts

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

Postonen (Russian: Постонен) is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Postonen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Postonen occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Postonen are found; 62 percent are found in Northern Europe and 62 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Postonen is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 757,443. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 38 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 38 percent reside and Skåne County, where 23 percent reside. Not including Sweden this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 38 percent reside and Finland, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pottonen8858/
Poutonen8820/
Potoinen8810/
Püstonen888/
Pestonen881/
Puistonen8225/
Potonin805/
Potonyn803/
Patonen803/
Potanen801/
Poutanen751,655/
Pautonen7537/
Paatonen7518/
Patotnen7514/
Photonin7513/
Potonyna757/
Patoneng755/
Pototnem752/
Pattonen751/
Pustonin751/
Postanin751/
Patotnent714/
Postanina712/
Potanin672,981/
Potanyn67241/
Patanen67163/
Patonin679/
Patonyn672/
Patonem672/

Postonen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Postonen in the Russian language
Постоненpostonen-

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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 Postonen
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