Posum Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Posum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Posum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Posum occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Posum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Posum are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Posum occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possum | 91 | 58 | / |
| Posume | 91 | 10 | / |
| Poisum | 91 | 0 | / |
| Podszum | 83 | 11 | / |
| Possoum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phosium | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pojum | 80 | 110 | / |
| Posun | 80 | 104 | / |
| Pasum | 80 | 96 | / |
| Posom | 80 | 22 | / |
| Pozum | 80 | 15 | / |
| Pusum | 80 | 9 | / |
| Pocum | 80 | 5 | / |
| Posuń | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pesum | 80 | 0 | / |
| Phosom | 73 | 364 | / |
| Paesum | 73 | 71 | / |
| Posung | 73 | 32 | / |
| Phocum | 73 | 14 | / |
| Possom | 73 | 13 | / |
| Passum | 73 | 13 | / |
| Phusum | 73 | 6 | / |
| Putsum | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pajoum | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pojume | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pozium | 73 | 3 | / |
| Poshun | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pashum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pusume | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pessum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Patsum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pasium | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phojum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poosom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pasumg | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pochum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poocum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poussoume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Podszun | 67 | 82 | / |
| Pascuim | 67 | 51 | / |
| Phochum | 67 | 15 | / |
| Pousung | 67 | 11 | / |
| Phosung | 67 | 9 | / |
| Poochum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Possung | 67 | 6 | / |
| Photsun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Poschun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Poosung | 67 | 3 | / |
| Poujoum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Posaune | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poissom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Posušen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pazhoum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poujume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Posoung | 67 | 2 | / |
| Passeum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parzoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pessoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poussom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Passoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poosunt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoosun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoisun | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Posum
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