as a Last Name
- 26,140
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Post
Meaning & Origins
North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.
| 1,373rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Poston, Postell, Postma, Postel, Poster, Posten, Postlewait, Postlethwait, Postle, Postema
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 26,140
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Post per capita
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