Possamai

surname · Latin script

Meaning: sobrenome vêneto de polsar/possar e mai; ‘não descansa nunca’

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries · latest register: INSEE, 1991

/pusɐmaj/(machine-generated) Portuguese · model-generated

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Possamai is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

  • UYUruguay1 in 30K(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 38K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 64Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

5,509 people

Record sources
104 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
recorded in Portuguese

sobrenome vêneto de polsar/possar e mai; ‘não descansa nunca’

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Possamai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Possamai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil5,5091 in 38K5.5KPossamai104
IT Italy≈910 est.≈1 in 64KlistedPossamai24
FR France≈280 est.≈1 in 248K35——
VE Venezuela≈180 est.≈1 in 157K—Possamai18
UY Uruguay1131 in 30K113Possamai11

5,509 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); the xinhua-italian-manual register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Possamai is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, Spain, Switzerland

    Also written Possamaï, Possamaî

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Possamaï

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Possamaï

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
19401960198020002020Agnese Possamai, b. 1953Paolo Possamai, b. 1960Stéphanie Possamaï, b. 1980Giacomo Possamai, b. 1990Alan Possamai, b. 1992Luca Possamai, b. 2001

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalPrezado(a) Possamai,Dear Possamai, (English)
InformalPrezado(a) Possamai,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

17 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Possamai
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—5.5K#2,090
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197152—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196146—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195145—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198142—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199135—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193135—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192121—
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911——

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Possamai?
It depends on the language: in Portuguese /pusɐmaj/; in Spanish /possamai/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
What does the name Possamai mean?
Recorded meaning: sobrenome vêneto de polsar/possar e mai; ‘não descansa nunca’
In which country does Possamai have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 5.5 thousand people named Possamai, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled possamai.
Where is Possamai most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Possamai is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 30 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Possamai?
In Brazil, the national register counted 5,509 people named Possamai, about 1 in 38 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Possamai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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