Photu Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Photu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Photu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India131:59,005,029552,550
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Photuy917/
Photus913/
Phothu912/
Potu896,878/
Phottui832/
Pothu805,142/
Postu801,443/
Phatu80667/
Pottu80360/
Phutu80336/
Potau80207/
Potut80179/
Poutu80141/
Potus80125/
Potou80107/
Phetu8099/
Pootu8056/
Potuu8014/
Potui8013/
Potuy809/
Potuh808/
Poetu802/
Poitu802/
Potud801/
Potup801/
Podtu801/
Potuj801/
Pahtu801/
Photthui774/
Photthup774/
Phattu732,912/
Poitou732,384/
Poutou73557/
Pouttu73429/
Phethu73238/
Pothou73211/
Phuthu73170/
Potaux73168/
Potuyt73110/
Poitau7398/
Pashtu7366/
Pothus7356/
Postus7334/
Pathou7327/
Pahatu7327/
Phathu7324/
Potaud7323/
Potuha7322/
Potuit7320/
Phuttu7317/
Postui7316/
Pottou7316/
Potous7315/
Phatou7313/
Postuj7310/
Phatup739/
Postou739/
Phatuu736/
Poothu735/
Phatui734/
Phatau734/
Pootou734/
Poitut733/
Photoo732/
Photoe732/
Postuy732/
Pehtou732/
Pothgu731/
Potthu731/
Pottui731/
Pottuu731/
Phastu731/
Pahttu731/
Phutuh731/
Poiteu731/
Poitus731/
Poitux731/
Podtud731/
Poetou731/
Pōhatu731/
Pothut731/
Poytou731/
Potuch731/
Pouteu731/
Postau731/
Phutup731/
Pootup731/
Pootut731/
Poteus730/
Pottut730/
Putu6710,697/
Patu674,453/
Petu672,431/
Fotu671,309/
Poitout67639/
Poutout67392/
Poitoux67355/
Phatthu67233/
Votu67195/
Poutous67106/
Potuijt67102/
Potó6764/
Poutoux6761/
Phattuu6736/
Pothaut6732/
Pothaud6731/
Pathoux6729/
Pothuis6728/
Pottuit6724/
Phutgou6721/
Phataud6715/
Pottuyt6714/
Pachteu679/
Pouthou679/
Phattus676/
Phattau674/
Phottoe674/
Phaethu674/
Poshthu673/
Poustus672/
Phatoud672/
Paththu671/
Phathtu671/
Postuch671/
Puchtuh671/
Postaux671/
Pothuit671/
Potusch671/
Poutaud671/
Phastus671/
Phethuy671/
Photoey671/
Phootoe671/
Phuthut671/
Phathut671/
Phataut671/
Pothaus670/
Pothous670/
Posteus670/
Postous670/

Photu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Photu in the Tibetan language
ཕོ་ཀྲུ།potru-
Photu in the Hindi language
फोटूphotu91.63
फोटुphotu5.98
फोतुphotu1.99
फोतूphotu0.4
Photu in the Oriya language
ଫଟୁphatu50
େଫାଟୁephatu25
ଫାତୁphatu25

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