Postuma Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Postuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4041:41,8007,088
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Canada461:800,99162,809
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Wales91:343,83718,086
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Póstuma (1) are calculated separately.

Postuma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Postuma (Russian: Постума) occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Póstuma. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Postuma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 549,140th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Postuma are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 404 people, or 1 in 41,800. In The Netherlands Postuma is primarily concentrated in: Friesland, where 20 percent live, Gelderland, where 14 percent live and Utrecht, where 12 percent live. Not including The Netherlands Postuma is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Postuma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Postuma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Postuma surname rose 3,750 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Postuma Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Postuma surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with the political party.

The amount Postuma earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.87% less than the national average, earning $42,774 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.2% more than the national average, earning $56,740 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Postuma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Postuma in the Russian language
Постумаpostuma-

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Postuma Reference & Research

Posthumus een Friese Naam - The origin of the name Posthumus.

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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 Postuma
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