Poswa Surname
Approximately 6,463 people bear this surname
Poswa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6,407 | 1:8,456 | 1,071 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poswa (12) may also be a first name.
Poswa Demographics
Average Poswa Salary in
South Africa
R 174,432
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Poswa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poswa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poswa is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poswa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 75,900th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,127,579 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Poswa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 6,407 people, or 1 in 8,456. In South Africa Poswa is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 58 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Poswa Last Name Statistics demography
Poswa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.6% less than the national average, earning R 174,432 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoswa | 91 | 3,592 | / |
| Poszwa | 91 | 747 | / |
| Posway | 91 | 20 | / |
| Poswwa | 91 | 4 | / |
| Poswat | 91 | 1 | / |
| Poeswa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Poswad | 91 | 1 | / |
| Phoshwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Paswa | 80 | 767 | / |
| Posva | 80 | 30 | / |
| Poswo | 80 | 29 | / |
| Peswa | 80 | 25 | / |
| Posua | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pozwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Poswy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Puswa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poshva | 73 | 299 | / |
| Peshwa | 73 | 69 | / |
| Poczwa | 73 | 44 | / |
| Posvai | 73 | 37 | / |
| Phaswa | 73 | 33 | / |
| Phozwa | 73 | 19 | / |
| Pushwa | 73 | 16 | / |
| Puszwa | 73 | 15 | / |
| Paswah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Poshba | 73 | 5 | / |
| Paswad | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pheswa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pashwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pasway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Potsua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pochwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Posuea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paszwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phosua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poosua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poesua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paswaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paswaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poswer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paswau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Podschwat | 71 | 19 | / |
| Podtschwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pochwat | 67 | 320 | / |
| Passway | 67 | 80 | / |
| Pohswet | 67 | 47 | / |
| Phosuea | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pheshwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Phoosua | 67 | 7 | / |
| Patshwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paswash | 67 | 2 | / |
| Putswat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pozsvai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pushwaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paswaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potsuha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Passwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peeshwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pashwas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paschwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pohssua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Putsway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pashwat | 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
- 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 Poswa
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