Where Does The Last Name Potal Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Potal (Hindi: पोतल, Marathi: पोटल, Oriya: େପାଟଳ, Russian: Поталь) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potal? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 495,560^th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 10,942,261 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Potal live; 66 percent live in Southeast Asia and 66 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 492,367^th most widely held first name on earth, held by 318 people.

It is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 440 people, or 1 in 230,087. In The Philippines Potal is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 45 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 13 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.

Potal Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Potal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Potal last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.