Poznaks Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Poznaks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 114 | 1:17,983 | 2,678 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Pozņaks (1) are calculated separately.
Poznaks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poznaks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poznaks occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Pozņaks. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poznaks? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poznaks is the 1,658,108th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Poznaks reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
Poznaks is most frequent in Latvia, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 17,983. In Latvia Poznaks is mostly found in: Latgale, where 44 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 39 percent reside and Semigallia, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Latvia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pozņaks | 95 | 1 | / |
| Poznak | 92 | 106 | / |
| Porznak | 86 | 14 | / |
| Poznack | 86 | 7 | / |
| Poznaik | 86 | 1 | / |
| Posnak | 77 | 284 | / |
| Poźnak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poznakova | 75 | 111 | / |
| Posnack | 71 | 82 | / |
| Posnaik | 71 | 27 | / |
| Pozneac | 71 | 20 | / |
| Pazhnak | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pesnaks | 71 | 1 | / |
| Possnack | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pozņakova | 63 | 2 | / |
| Pasnak | 62 | 318 | / |
| Posnac | 62 | 3 | / |
| Pojnac | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pajnak | 62 | 1 | / |
| Poshnakova | 59 | 4 | / |
| Poznokhova | 59 | 4 | / |
| Pozneacova | 59 | 2 | / |
| Posnock | 57 | 60 | / |
| Pachnak | 57 | 1 | / |
| Padsnak | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pacnack | 57 | 0 | / |
| Poshnakhova | 56 | 10 | / |
| Pattsnaik | 50 | 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 Poznaks
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