Posztos Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Posztos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 84 | 1:116,860 | 11,030 |
| Romania | 36 | 1:557,719 | 41,269 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Posztós (326) & Posztóš (3) are calculated separately.
Posztos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Posztos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Posztos is found in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Posztós or Posztóš. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Posztos? popularity and diffusion
The surname Posztos is the 1,504,764th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname Posztos occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Posztos are found; 87 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 60 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
Posztos is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 116,860. In Hungary Posztos is mostly found in: Pest County, where 38 percent live, Budapest, where 23 percent live and Somogy County, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Hungary Posztos occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 26 percent live and Brazil, where 5 percent live.
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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 Posztos
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