Potal Surname
Approximately 666 people bear this surname
Potal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 440 | 1:230,087 | 35,227 |
| India | 183 | 1:4,191,614 | 111,941 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Potal (318) may also be a first name.
Potal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potal (Hindi: पोतल, Marathi: पोटल, Oriya: େପାଟଳ, Russian: Поталь) is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 495,560th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 10,942,261 people. The surname Potal occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Potal are found; 66 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 66 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Potal is also the 492,367th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 318 people.
Potal is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 440 people, or 1 in 230,087. In The Philippines Potal is most prevalent in: Eastern Visayas, where 45 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 13 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 10 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Potal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Potal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Potal last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potal in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାଟଳ | epatala | 59.26 |
| େପାଟଲ | epatala | 22.22 |
| େପାତଲ | epatala | 14.81 |
| େପାତାଳ | epatala | 3.7 |
| Potal in the Marathi language | ||
| पोटल | potala | 56.9 |
| पोतल | potala | 17.24 |
| पोटळ | potala | 6.9 |
| पोताल | potala | 6.9 |
| पोतला | potala | 3.45 |
| पोटाल | potala | 3.45 |
| पोतु | potu | 3.45 |
| पॉटल | potala | 1.72 |
| Potal in the Hindi language | ||
| पोतल | potala | 50 |
| पोटल | potala | 50 |
| Potal in the Russian language | ||
| Поталь | potal | - |
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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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- 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 Potal
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