Potal Surname

495,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 666 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Potal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4401:230,08735,227
India1831:4,191,614111,941
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potale915,861/
Pothal914,996/
Postal912,422/
Photal9168/
Pottal9139/
Potail9114/
Pohtal917/
Potahl912/
Poteal911/
Potalt911/
Poetal911/
Postale8371/
Postall8323/
Pottail8313/
Posteal839/
Potajle838/
Pottale836/
Photale836/
Potatel831/
Pothaal831/
Pothall831/
Pottall831/
Pootale831/
Phothal831/
Poottal831/
Patal801,004,285/
Petal801,964/
Putal80750/
Potol80735/
Potalova77180/
Phothale777/
Postalle772/
Pouthale771/
Potthalt770/
Patail7310,686/
Patale737,659/
Peetal733,872/
Postol732,711/
Puthal732,606/
Pathal73744/
Potole73433/
Pattal73336/
Putale73254/
Phatal73222/
Pustal73134/
Pautal73114/
Pateal73110/
Pastal73101/
Puttal7350/
Pataal7348/
Pethal7327/
Peteal7318/
Pottol7316/
Patall7314/
Phutal738/
Pudtal737/
Pettal736/
Pataul736/
Putgal735/
Paatal735/
Phetal734/
Puital734/
Petail734/
Paztal734/
Potool733/
Putail732/
Postól732/
Patalh732/
Pahtal732/
Potosl731/
Putahl731/
Paetal731/
Postał731/
Poteil731/
Ppatal731/
Photthale71155/
Pataule672,588/
Patalle67531/
Postole67296/
Patault67247/
Ppattal67195/
Phatale67192/
Patheal6786/
Potácel6751/
Pattale6747/
Pethtal6727/
Phuttal6717/
Phattal6713/
Postoll6711/
Patahul677/
Patatel677/
Phudtal677/
Pathail676/
Phathal676/
Postoil676/
Patailt675/
Pustale675/
Pothole674/
Peethal674/
Pudtale674/
Pasthal673/
Patatil673/
Patasil673/
Patacil673/
Pataale672/
Patalhe672/
Puthale672/
Padtale672/
Pottole672/
Pothold671/
Potolhe671/
Pattail671/
Pastale671/
Pauthal671/
Pusthal671/
Ppatail671/
Ppatale671/
Phastal671/
Phetail671/
Phouthalth671/
Phutail671/
Pasztal671/
Photole671/
Pusztal671/
Putahal671/
Pppatal671/
Pouteil671/
Puhttal671/
Postool671/
Pastall670/
Pettall670/
Pautall670/

Potal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potal in the Oriya language
େପାଟଳepatala59.26
େପାଟଲepatala22.22
େପାତଲepatala14.81
େପାତାଳepatala3.7
Potal in the Marathi language
पोटलpotala56.9
पोतलpotala17.24
पोटळpotala6.9
पोतालpotala6.9
पोतलाpotala3.45
पोटालpotala3.45
पोतुpotu3.45
पॉटलpotala1.72
Potal in the Hindi language
पोतलpotala50
पोटलpotala50
Potal in the Russian language
Потальpotal-

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