Pós Surname
Approximately 664 people bear this surname
Pós Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 485 | 1:441,390 | 16,718 |
| Hungary | 134 | 1:73,256 | 7,447 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
The alternate forms: Pos (5,502), Pòs (2), Poš (232) & Poş (147) are calculated separately.
Pós (27) may also be a first name.
Pós Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pós Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pós (Hindi: पोस, Marathi: पोस, Tibetan: པུས་) occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Pos, Pòs, Poš or Poş. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pós? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 496,702nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. The surname Pós is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Pós are found; 73 percent are found in South America and 73 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 27 people.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 485 people, or 1 in 441,390. In Brazil Pós is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 28 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 20 percent live and Portugal, where 6 percent live.
Pós Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pós has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pós last name declined 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pós Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pós in the Tibetan language | ||
| པུས་ | pü | - |
| Pós in the Hindi language | ||
| पोस | posa | - |
| Pós in the Marathi language | ||
| पोस | posa | 66.67 |
| पॉस | posa | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Pós
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