Postum Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Postum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Postum Last Name Facts

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

Postum (Russian: Постум) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Postum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Postum reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 2,462,623. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 95 percent reside and Gauteng, where 5 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Postum Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Postum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 18.39% less than the national average, earning R 193,932 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posthum928/
Potum9147/
Posthume865/
Pastum8334/
Pestum8328/
Postom8320/
Pottum834/
Pothum833/
Potoum831/
Photum831/
Poutoum7714/
Pasthum778/
Phothum774/
Pothoum771/
Potom731,288/
Patum73407/
Potun7310/
Photthum71109/
Poutgoum711/
Pootthum711/
Poston6714,550/
Pathum672,612/
Pattum67393/
Photun67118/
Patoum6743/
Padtum6740/
Phatum6727/
Potung6727/
Pastun6712/
Patume676/
Potuin676/
Pastuchem673/
Poutom671/
Photom671/
Postunova671/
Pottom671/
Pastom671/
Pothom670/
Poutun670/

Postum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Postum in the Russian language
Постумpostum-

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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 Postum
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