Fotane Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Fotane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Fotane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fotane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fotane (Marathi: फोताने) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fotane.
How Common Is The Last Name Fotane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Fotane are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Fotane is most frequent in: Morobe, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent reside and South Africa, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fotane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fotane in the Marathi language | ||
| फोताने | photane | - |
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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 Fotane
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