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
Photu (Hindi: फोटू, Oriya: ଫଟୁ, Tibetan: ཕོ་ཀྲུ།) is found most frequently in India. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Photu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly 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. It is also the 274,802nd most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 876 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is most numerous in: Madhya Pradesh, where 62 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent are found and Telangana, where 8 percent are found. Besides India this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 7 percent are found.
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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