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 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
| 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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