Photo Surname

347,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,051 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Photo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Photo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3171:170,90818,978
Nigeria2911:608,73829,024
Thailand1221:579,00398,779
Lesotho901:22,5844,632
Ivory Coast871:265,18710,377
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
India291:26,450,530346,896
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Photo (10,146) may also be a first name.

Photo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Photo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Photo (Bengali: ফটো, Hindi: फोटो, Marathi: फोटो) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Photo.

How Common Is The Last Name Photo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 347,722nd most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 6,933,916 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Photo are found; 40 percent are found in Southern Africa and 40 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 60,642nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 10,146 people.

The surname Photo is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 317 people, or 1 in 170,908. In South Africa Photo is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 44 percent reside, Gauteng, where 38 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent reside. Not including South Africa it occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 28 percent reside and Thailand, where 12 percent reside.

Photo Last Name Statistics demography

Photo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.13% less than the national average, earning R 154,164 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Photto91498/
Photop91235/
Photot9152/
Photho9123/
Phooto9113/
Photos915/
Photoo912/
Poto897,289/
Phottoi83123/
Phottho834/
Phottot834/
Phootho831/
Potot806,426/
Pheto804,030/
Potoy804,017/
Potop801,591/
Phato80839/
Phuto80776/
Posto80665/
Poito80527/
Pohto80482/
Phota80347/
Potoi80345/
Potto80214/
Potos80186/
Puhto80138/
Potoh80119/
Potou80107/
Potoč8042/
Potoo8030/
Pooto8028/
Pouto8025/
Poyto8021/
Pehto8016/
Potoa8014/
Fhoto8012/
Potod8011/
Pahto805/
Pfoto803/
Poeto803/
Potgo801/
Bpoto801/
Hpoto801/
Potuo801/
Pathot736,371/
Poitou732,384/
Photha731,159/
Poutou73557/
Pashto73464/
Poetto73412/
Postoi73396/
Poutos73276/
Photta73224/
Phutto73145/
Postoy73120/
Poutoa7345/
Phaeto7341/
Postos7339/
Postoš7334/
Poeyto7328/
Pohtos7320/
Phetto7318/
Pottou7316/
Potous7315/
Pootoo7315/
Phatou7313/
Phatto7312/
Photad7312/
Pahato7311/
Poitoa739/
Postou739/
Potoch739/
Pottoy737/
Pathoo735/
Phoota735/
Postoj734/
Phoeta734/
Pootou734/
Postoş734/
Pushto734/
Pachto733/
Phatoo733/
Pottos732/
Puhtos732/
Pousto732/
Postop732/
Paahto732/
Pehtou732/
Pethoo732/
Pootto731/
Puthot731/
Phatod731/
Phatoi731/
Phatoj731/
Possto731/
Pottoh731/
Photas731/
Poetou731/
Puotto731/
Puthoo731/
Potois731/
Potosz731/
Pootoi731/
Poytou731/
Poutoï731/
Phetoh731/
Potohe731/
Poytoy731/
Potoop731/
Phutoy731/
Pheeto731/
Phatoa731/
Pfouto730/
Pato6718,163/
Pota679,727/
Foto679,209/
Peto676,608/
Puto673,622/
Voto672,280/
Poitout67639/
Poutout67392/
Phottha67391/
Poitoux67355/
Posztos67139/
Poutous67106/
Pashtoi67101/
Phootha6774/
Potó6764/
Poutoux6761/
Phastos6752/
Phothap6724/
Phottat6715/
Phathot677/
Patthot675/
Phatoop675/
Phootad674/
Pootosh673/
Phatoud672/
Phettoi672/
Potaova671/
Postosh671/
Pothoth671/
Patthoo671/
Putthot671/
Pahatto671/
Phostaa671/
Phothat671/
Postozs671/
Poëttoz671/
Poudtto671/
Pouthot671/
Poutoit671/
Poshtoo671/
Poothot671/
Pozstos671/
Puthott671/
Pathtop671/
Pottoch670/
Postous670/

Photo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Photo in the Marathi language
फोटोphoto-
Photo in the Hindi language
फोटोphoto96.14
फोटूphotu2.58
फोटेाphotea0.43
फोटाphota0.43
फोतोphoto0.43
Photo in the Bengali language
ফটোphato80
ফুটোphuto20

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Photo
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