Posu Surname
Approximately 2,871 people bear this surname
Posu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,346 | 1:131,607 | 8,540 |
| India | 631 | 1:1,215,635 | 48,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 416 | 1:19,600 | 2,020 |
| Indonesia | 265 | 1:499,054 | 40,843 |
| Colombia | 148 | 1:322,798 | 5,917 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 1:30,528 | 6,049 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Posu (3,142) may also be a first name.
Posu Demographics
Average Posu Salary in
Colombia
$18,658,300 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Posu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Posu (Hindi: पोसू, Marathi: पोसू) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Posu.
How Common Is The Last Name Posu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 153,161st most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,538,330 people. Posu is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Posu reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Posu is also the 128,367th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 3,142 people.
The surname Posu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,346 people, or 1 in 131,607. In Nigeria Posu is most frequent in: Ogun, where 63 percent live, Lagos, where 30 percent live and Benue, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
Posu Last Name Statistics demography
Posu earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 17.81% less than the national average, earning $18,658,300 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Posu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Posu in the Hindi language | ||
| पोसू | posu | 58.68 |
| पोसु | posu | 41.05 |
| पोषू | posu | 0.26 |
| Posu in the Marathi language | ||
| पोसू | posu | 55.22 |
| पोसु | posu | 44.24 |
| पोशू | posu | 0.21 |
| पोशु | posu | 0.11 |
| पोस | posa | 0.11 |
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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 Posu
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