Potah Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Potah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Potah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potah is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Potah live; 38 percent live in Southeast Asia and 24 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Potah
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