Potam Surname

804,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Potam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3431:2,236,34274,060
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Potam (186) may also be a first name.

Potam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Potam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Potam (Hindi: पोतम, Marathi: पोतम, Oriya: େପାତାମ, Russian: Потам) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potam? popularity and diffusion

Potam is the 804,502nd most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Potam live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Potam is also the 667,122nd most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 186 people.

Potam is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 2,236,342. In India Potam is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 54 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 22 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 17 percent reside. Beside India this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pohtam911,220/
Potham91353/
Photam91219/
Pottam91153/
Postam9114/
Potame9111/
Poteam911/
Pootam911/
Photham8317/
Potatem838/
Potaham833/
Photeam832/
Pootham831/
Poottam831/
Potasim831/
Pouteam831/
Phodtam831/
Pojtham831/
Patam802,103/
Potom801,288/
Potan80632/
Putam80156/
Petam80120/
Phottham77110/
Potamova7719/
Pochtamt772/
Phoottam771/
Pootasim771/
Poothamg771/
Pastam734,361/
Phatam73897/
Potane73893/
Pattam73827/
Postan73812/
Puttam73779/
Pothan73745/
Poitan73590/
Pettam73431/
Patham73396/
Potang73327/
Pustam73259/
Padtam73135/
Peetam73115/
Putame73107/
Putham7374/
Photan7349/
Patame7346/
Potain7343/
Pottan7324/
Pudtam7322/
Postom7320/
Peteam7317/
Paatam737/
Pootan737/
Petham736/
Potand736/
Potgan735/
Poytan735/
Patamm734/
Potean733/
Potann732/
Pateam732/
Puitam732/
Poutan732/
Petaum732/
Potank731/
Pottom731/
Pataam731/
Pataim731/
Petaam731/
Phutam731/
Paştam731/
Patgam731/
Photom731/
Potome731/
Potoum731/
Pothám731/
Ppatam731/
Poutom731/
Potanh731/
Phetam731/
Paetam731/
Pautam731/
Pothom730/
Phoottham711/
Potosme673,083/
Pastham671,731/
Phatham67733/
Phothom67712/
Puttham67367/
Pothain67301/
Pattham67196/
Pashtam67182/
Pheteam6762/
Peetham6756/
Phutham6731/
Puttamm6726/
Patatem6725/
Padtham6722/
Pustham6717/
Potatin6714/
Pasttam6714/
Poutoum6714/
Poottan6714/
Patteam6711/
Poothan6711/
Photane6710/
Postang6710/
Padttam678/
Pushtam678/
Potasin678/
Postome678/
Poistan678/
Photang678/
Poshtan676/
Phothan676/
Pathamn675/
Pothane675/
Pottain675/
Patheam675/
Phuttam675/
Poitand674/
Pastaam674/
Pudtham674/
Phottan674/
Poitane674/
Pothann673/
Phatame673/
Pothang673/
Poutain672/
Paattam672/
Phattam672/
Photain672/
Pathaim671/
Pathame671/
Pedtham671/
Puuttam671/
Pgautam671/
Petteam671/
Phutame671/
Podtang671/
Postane671/
Postant671/
Potaint671/
Pothuom671/
Poudtan671/
Poutang671/
Pouttan671/
Potthom671/
Phutasm671/
Potatyn671/
Pothoum671/
Phootan671/
Puttame671/
Pachtam671/
Poutome670/

Potam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potam in the Marathi language
पोतमpotama88.76
पोटमpotama5.62
पॉटमpotama2.25
पोतनुरpotanura2.25
पोतामpotama1.12
Potam in the Hindi language
पोतमpotama75
पोटमpotama25
Potam in the Oriya language
େପାତାମepatama50
େପାଟମepatama50
Potam in the Russian language
Потамpotam-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Potam
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