Poswell Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Australia

Poswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Poswell Last Name Facts

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

Poswell is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Poswell click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poswell? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,436,415th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Poswell is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Poswell live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Poswell is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 1,693,053. In South Africa Poswell is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 63 percent live, Gauteng, where 34 percent live and Free State, where 3 percent live. Not including South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 35 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Poswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Poswell has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Poswell surname expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Poswell Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Poswell earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 11.74% less than the national average, earning R 209,736 per year and in United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poswel922/
Paswell8652/
Passwell8018/
Paaswell808/
Paswel775/
Peswel771/
Phasswell752/
Potchwell750/
Paswele7185/
Passwel711/
Paxwell711/
Peesweel671/
Passwill670/
Pazwel621/
Pasuhel573/
Passuel572/

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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 Poswell
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