Poswa Surname

75,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,463 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Poswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,4071:8,4561,071
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
England191:2,932,529101,561
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Poswa (12) may also be a first name.

Poswa Last Name Facts

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

Poswa is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poswa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Poswa is the 75,900th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,127,579 people. The surname Poswa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Poswa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Poswa is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.

The surname Poswa is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 6,407 people, or 1 in 8,456. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 58 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phoswa913,592/
Poszwa91747/
Posway9120/
Poswwa914/
Poswat911/
Poeswa911/
Poswad911/
Phoshwa831/
Paswa80767/
Posva8030/
Poswo8029/
Peswa8025/
Posua805/
Pozwa802/
Poswy801/
Puswa801/
Poshva73299/
Peshwa7369/
Poczwa7344/
Posvai7337/
Phaswa7333/
Phozwa7319/
Pushwa7316/
Puszwa7315/
Paswah736/
Poshba735/
Paswad734/
Pheswa732/
Pashwa732/
Pasway732/
Potsua731/
Pochwa731/
Posuea731/
Paszwa731/
Phosua731/
Poosua731/
Poesua731/
Paswaa731/
Paswaj731/
Poswer731/
Paswau731/
Podschwat7119/
Podtschwa716/
Pochwat67320/
Passway6780/
Pohswet6747/
Phosuea6723/
Pheshwa678/
Phoosua677/
Patshwa675/
Paswash672/
Putswat671/
Pozsvai671/
Pushwaz671/
Paswaya671/
Potsuha671/
Passwea671/
Peeshwa671/
Pashwas671/
Paschwa671/
Pohssua671/
Putsway671/
Pashwat671/

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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 Poswa
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