Potakey Surname
Approximately 1,127 people bear this surname
Potakey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,108 | 1:24,387 | 2,946 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Potakey Demographics
Average Potakey Salary in
United States
$36,339 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Potakey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potakey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potakey has its highest incidence in Ghana. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Potakey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potakey is the 329,025th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,466,323 people. Potakey is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Potakey reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,108 people, or 1 in 24,387. Without taking into account Ghana Potakey is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Potakey Last Name Statistics demography
Potakey earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.78% less than the national average, earning $36,339 USD per year.
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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 Potakey
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