Photu Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Photu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Photu (876) may also be a first name.
Photu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Photu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Photu (Hindi: फोटू, Oriya: ଫଟୁ, Tibetan: ཕོ་ཀྲུ།) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Photu.
How Common Is The Last Name Photu? popularity and diffusion
Photu is the 5,213,395th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Photu are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Photu is also the 274,802nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 876 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India Photu is most prevalent in: Madhya Pradesh, where 62 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent reside and Telangana, where 8 percent reside. Outside of India this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Photu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Photu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕོ་ཀྲུ། | potru | - |
| Photu in the Hindi language | ||
| फोटू | photu | 91.63 |
| फोटु | photu | 5.98 |
| फोतु | photu | 1.99 |
| फोतू | photu | 0.4 |
| Photu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫଟୁ | phatu | 50 |
| େଫାଟୁ | ephatu | 25 |
| ଫାତୁ | phatu | 25 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Photu
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