Potago Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Potago Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potago Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon341:610,85546,287
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Potago Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potago occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potago? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,323,005th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Potago reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 610,855. In Cameroon Potago is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 76 percent live, West Region, where 21 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon Potago is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pootago921/
Photago921/
Phootago861/
Patago8365/
Petago8345/
Potego8313/
Potaga838/
Potogo831/
Pothagoud803/
Patango77105/
Potanga7743/
Patagos7730/
Potagas7727/
Potongo7723/
Potogou7719/
Pattago7714/
Patagou774/
Potauga773/
Pootaga771/
Phutago771/
Potagad771/
Poutogo771/
Poitongo7168/
Pootoogo7119/
Patthago714/
Pothanga711/
Phuttago711/
Pattaego711/
Poteugou711/
Patangou711/
Pottanga711/
Potaghat711/
Petogo67418/
Potega67103/
Pataga6751/
Patego6739/
Petaga675/
Phutthago671/
Putaga671/
Pahtangou671/
Phataghod671/
Petego670/

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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 Potago
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