Posu Surname

153,161st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,871 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Posu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3461:131,6078,540
India6311:1,215,63548,641
Papua New Guinea4161:19,6002,020
Indonesia2651:499,05440,843
Colombia1481:322,7985,917
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Solomon Islands191:30,5286,049
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Posu (3,142) may also be a first name.

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 more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Posu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 153,161st most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,538,330 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Posu live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 128,367th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 3,142 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,346 people, or 1 in 131,607. In Nigeria Posu is most common in: Ogun, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 30 percent are found and Benue, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Posu exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Possu891,154/
Poscu89906/
Phosu89107/
Posou8992/
Poshu8945/
Pohsu8933/
Poseu8925/
Posut8924/
Posud8924/
Posuh8919/
Posiu8915/
Posus8911/
Posau8911/
Posuu893/
Posuy892/
Posup891/
Potsu891/
Poosu891/
Pousu891/
Pposu891/
Puosu891/
Poisu891/
Photsu801,057/
Poussu80195/
Potsou80140/
Pouseu8073/
Possou8028/
Posuch8015/
Posseu8012/
Phosud809/
Potsus806/
Poiseu806/
Poosud806/
Phosut805/
Phosiu804/
Poosup804/
Poisau803/
Poshou803/
Posaut801/
Pohsut801/
Poseus801/
Poshut801/
Possui801/
Pasu751,886/
Pesu751,111/
Pusu75412/
Pozu75276/
Poju7564/
Pocu7540/
Poxu752/
Poussou73528/
Podszus73416/
Pousseu73359/
Photsut7397/
Posautz7330/
Poszust7318/
Poschau7316/
Poussau7312/
Poodsud737/
Possuch736/
Phosuth734/
Possuth732/
Phoosud732/
Pooszus731/
Podszuz731/
Potszus731/
Phoshou731/
Pohhsup731/
Poodsut731/
Pascu6720,361/
Pasau671,625/
Pasut67849/
Pessu67773/
Pasuy67664/
Passu67614/
Phoju67379/
Pashu67345/
Pusut67319/
Pochu67294/
Pusau67281/
Putsu67232/
Phusu67230/
Pozut67226/
Peesu67195/
Pesau67181/
Puusu67181/
Pazou67179/
Phasu67113/
Pezou6783/
Pasiu6778/
Pussu6770/
Paasu6750/
Paseu6750/
Pajou6749/
Pasus6748/
Pusup6736/
Pasui6732/
Potcu6732/
Pohju6730/
Pushu6727/
Pasou6726/
Pociu6722/
Podschus6722/
Pausu6721/
Pojui6720/
Pojuy6720/
Peseu6716/
Possautz6714/
Pasuh6714/
Pasud6713/
Peshu6713/
Pozcu6711/
Podju6711/
Pasuj679/
Patsu679/
Pasup678/
Pojou676/
Pusuu676/
Posoo675/
Puisu675/
Pasuu674/
Păsui674/
Poziu674/
Poicu674/
Pozou674/
Paxou673/
Pozzu673/
Possú673/
Pusuh672/
Possault672/
Pooju672/
Počut672/
Pesou672/
Posoe672/
Pusud672/
Pojau671/
Pasju671/
Pouschau671/
Pojut671/
Puzou671/
Paszu671/
Poissaux671/
Pogiu671/
Puhsu671/
Possù671/
Pousseux671/
Pusui671/
Pojeu671/
Pudsu671/
Pa'su671/
Pasgu671/

Posu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Posu in the Hindi language
पोसूposu58.68
पोसुposu41.05
पोषूposu0.26
Posu in the Marathi language
पोसूposu55.22
पोसुposu44.24
पोशूposu0.21
पोशुposu0.11
पोसposa0.11

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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
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  • 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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