Postumus Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Postumus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postumus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Postumus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Postumus is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Postumus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Postumus is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Postumus live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,206,227. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 71 percent live, Friesland, where 7 percent live and Limburg, where 7 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands Postumus is found in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posthumus946,702/
Postaumus941/
Postthumus891/
Postimus881/
Posthimus827/
Pusthumus822/
Pesthumus821/
Poothumus821/
Pottumu801/
Potomus801/
Posthomos711/
Pathummu633/

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Postumus 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 Postumus
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