Poswal Surname

428,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 806 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Jersey

Poswal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poswal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India7511:1,021,39242,866
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Pakistan171:10,508,46449,949
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England31:18,572,686338,250
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Poswal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poswal (Hindi: पोसवाल, Marathi: पोसवाल) is found most frequently in India. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poswal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 428,270th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,041,620 people. The last name Poswal occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Poswal live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Poswal is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 751 people, or 1 in 1,021,392. In India Poswal is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 23 percent live, Delhi, where 23 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 19 percent live. Other than India it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 percent live.

Poswal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Poswal last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Poswal earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.23% more than the national average, earning $63,097 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poshwal9234/
Poswall9231/
Pooswal922/
Posswal922/
Poswale921/
Pouswal921/
Poszwald8675/
Potswald8640/
Paswal832,554/
Posval83147/
Puswal8329/
Peswal838/
Posbal831/
Poschwald8027/
Poschwale800/
Paswall7772/
Puswald7745/
Paswaal7739/
Poshval7725/
Passwal7722/
Pushwal776/
Pashwal774/
Peshwal774/
Poshbal773/
Padswal771/
Paswale771/
Pusswald7179/
Patswald7113/
Passwall719/
Pathswal711/
Pottsval710/
Pasval6743/
Pasbal6738/
Pasual6718/
Puschwald678/
Paaswaaal671/

Poswal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poswal in the Hindi language
पोसवालposavala93.9
पोशवालposavala3.66
पोस्वालposvala1.22
पोषवालposavala1.22
Poswal in the Marathi language
पोसवालposavala80
पोसावालposavala10
पोसवाळposavala10

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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
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  • 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 Poswal
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