Potaka Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Potaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 245 | 1:18,483 | 3,240 |
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| Australia | 72 | 1:374,940 | 30,993 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Potaka (50) may also be a first name.
Potaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potaka (Marathi: पोतका, Oriya: େପାତାକା, Russian: Потака) is found most frequently in New Zealand. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Potaka is the 661,581st most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Potaka is primarily found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Potaka reside; 70 percent reside in Australasia and 70 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 50 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in New Zealand, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 18,483. In New Zealand it is most common in: Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 28 percent reside, Auckland Region, where 15 percent reside and Bay of Plenty Region, where 14 percent reside. Not including New Zealand it is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potaka in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାତାକା | epataka | - |
| Potaka in the Marathi language | ||
| पोतका | potaka | - |
| Potaka in the Russian language | ||
| Потака | potaka | - |
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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 Potaka
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