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 more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Postumus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Postumus are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Postumus is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,206,227. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 71 percent reside, Friesland, where 7 percent reside and Limburg, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands Postumus exists in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

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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