Potaj Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Potaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 24 | 1:121,419 | 10,681 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Potaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potaj has its highest incidence in Albania. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potaj is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Potaj is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Potaj reside; 80 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Albania, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 121,419. In Albania Potaj is mostly concentrated in: Shkodër County, where 79 percent are found and Durrës County, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Albania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 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 Potaj
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