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 most common in India. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Photu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Photu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Photu reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 274,802nd most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 876 people.
The last name Photu is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is mostly found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 62 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent reside and Telangana, where 8 percent reside. Apart from India Photu exists 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
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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 Photu
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