Posuma Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Posuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Posuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3801:348,02430,135
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Posuma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Posuma Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Posuma occurs most in Indonesia. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Posuma? popularity and diffusion

Posuma is the 748,537th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Posuma reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 348,024. In Indonesia Posuma is most prevalent in: North Sulawesi, where 78 percent reside, Central Sulawesi, where 14 percent reside and North Maluku, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Latvia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Posumah922,701/
Possuma92140/
Possumah86185/
Poosumas8613/
Possumma867/
Poosumat861/
Possouma861/
Pasuma83263/
Pusuma83175/
Pesuma8314/
Posume8310/
Pasumah7722/
Pascuma7721/
Patsuma7717/
Pasumat7710/
Pesumah7710/
Posoema778/
Pasouma776/
Pusumas774/
Passuma774/
Pusumma773/
Pozsoma772/
Pasumai772/
Pusumat771/
Poshima771/
Posumeh771/
Pasumma771/
Poussoumma751/
Phusumat71103/
Pozsomai7121/
Pasoumas7115/
Phasumat7112/
Possomai7111/
Pasumath711/
Poosomma711/
Poschima711/
Pascumai711/
Pasumaya711/
Passouma711/
Pusoma67345/
Pacuma67306/
Pasoma6767/
Phoosomma678/
Pasumi678/
Pasumo676/
Pazoma674/
Pachoumas674/
Poosommai673/
Pušuma673/
Pusume672/
Puxuma671/
Phosommai671/
Poussoume671/
Pocumo671/
Pazuma671/

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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 Posuma
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