Postumus Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Postumus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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.
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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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