Poșteanu Surname
6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania
Poșteanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 8 | 1:2,509,734 | 55,065 |
The alternate forms: Posteanu (72) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posteanu | 96 | 72 | / |
| Poștianu | 88 | 53 | / |
| Peșteanu | 88 | 4 | / |
| Potenu | 86 | 9 | / |
| Potanu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pateanu | 80 | 61 | / |
| Peteanu | 80 | 58 | / |
| Postanu | 80 | 50 | / |
| Potanud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Potanus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pasteanu | 75 | 7 | / |
| Postianu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Potianus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pothangu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Postenus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pothenus | 75 | 0 | / |
| Patanu | 71 | 208 | / |
| Paeanu | 71 | 28 | / |
| Phothanut | 71 | 11 | / |
| Petanu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Patenu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Phouttanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pathanu | 67 | 1,962 | / |
| Pattanu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Patanus | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pootinu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Patenou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Potinus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poaengu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pățeanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patenau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phatanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patangu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pattenu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potachinnu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petenau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patanau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Poșteanu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis