Potan Surname

515,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 632 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Potan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4411:1,739,37762,426
Indonesia761:1,740,121112,888
Ukraine401:1,138,067101,053
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Potan (1,719) may also be a first name.

Potan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potan (Hindi: पोतन, Marathi: पोतन, Russian: Потан) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Potan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 515,938th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Potan reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Potan is also the 185,155th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 1,719 people.

It is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 441 people, or 1 in 1,739,377. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 70 percent are found, Gujarat, where 14 percent are found and Telangana, where 4 percent are found. Other than India Potan is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Ukraine, where 6 percent are found.

Potan Last Name Statistics demography

Potan earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 3.54% more than the national average, earning $51,443 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potane91893/
Postan91812/
Pothan91745/
Poitan91590/
Potang91327/
Photan9149/
Potain9143/
Pottan9124/
Pootan917/
Potand916/
Potgan915/
Poytan915/
Potean913/
Potann912/
Poutan912/
Poetan912/
Potank911/
Potanh911/
Pothain83301/
Potatin8314/
Poottan8314/
Poothan8311/
Photane8310/
Postang8310/
Potasin838/
Poistan838/
Photang838/
Poshtan836/
Phothan836/
Pothane835/
Pottain835/
Poitand834/
Phottan834/
Poitane834/
Poetain833/
Pothann833/
Pothang833/
Poutain832/
Photain832/
Podtang831/
Postane831/
Postant831/
Potaint831/
Poudtan831/
Poutang831/
Pouttan831/
Potatyn831/
Phootan831/
Patan8029,967/
Putan801,697/
Petan801,477/
Poton80605/
Potam80348/
Phothane77152/
Potanova7774/
Potachin7742/
Pothasin7731/
Potasing7724/
Postangk779/
Phothang777/
Potashyn776/
Phootain775/
Pottaing773/
Potachyn773/
Poothang772/
Poththan771/
Pouttane771/
Poithand771/
Postahan771/
Postatin771/
Potahina771/
Pootasin771/
Pothaain771/
Photasin771/
Photeang771/
Phothain771/
Pathan73972,814/
Poston7314,550/
Patane7313,778/
Pattan7310,644/
Photon732,845/
Pautan732,190/
Petean731,878/
Puthan731,840/
Patang731,658/
Phatan731,570/
Potein731,217/
Potton73952/
Potong73759/
Putane73731/
Puttan73588/
Pethan73473/
Pataan73452/
Potham73353/
Petain73297/
Poyton73242/
Photam73219/
Pouton73193/
Paatan73175/
Pustan73171/
Pottam73153/
Paetan73128/
Pettan73121/
Pastan73105/
Patahn73102/
Phutan7393/
Putang7388/
Patain7373/
Pahtan7359/
Patean7357/
Poeton7356/
Pooton7349/
Pothon7319/
Potone7317/
Postam7314/
Padtan7313/
Patand739/
Poiton739/
Pputan736/
Petaun735/
Putain734/
Pătean734/
Peetan733/
Patgan733/
Phetan733/
Patann732/
Patant732/
Petanh732/
Poitán732/
Petann732/
Potoon732/
Poteam731/
Potoin731/
Patotn731/
Patasn731/
Pedtan731/
Potond731/
Patanë731/
Puoton731/
Puutan731/
Potánc731/
Potâng731/
Poutón731/
Putand731/
Putean731/
Pootam731/
Pudtan731/
Peutan730/
Phothasin7154/
Potaynova7124/
Phoutasen7118/
Pothasing713/
Potayshyn713/
Potainova712/
Potaszink712/
Phootasin712/
Photthang711/
Poothasin711/
Pothong671,940/
Phuttan671,815/
Photong671,345/
Phutane67839/
Phathan67721/
Pathane67657/
Pattane67448/
Pathang67392/
Patasin67378/
Pastant67290/
Phatang67279/
Puthane67184/
Pahutan67184/
Pastean67162/
Pattang67146/
Poutong67143/
Pootong67132/
Pathaan67128/
Phattan67123/
Patthan67102/
Pattaan6787/
Patahan6783/
Pettean6779/
Phatanh6767/
Patatyn6764/
Phethan6759/
Phutang6759/
Pashtan6753/
Peștean6750/
Pataang6747/
Pathann6745/
Potonne6738/
Pattain6738/
Pattann6734/
Pothuon6732/
Phothon6727/
Puttang6726/
Pottong6720/
Pethain6717/
Paathan6717/
Pethahn6717/
Photham6717/
Peethan6716/
Phatane6715/
Patanñe6715/
Potocin6713/
Pathain6713/
Patanne6712/
Paattan6712/
Phataan6712/
Posthausen6711/
Postone6711/
Poutoun6711/
Puttann6710/
Putotin679/
Pootoon678/
Potatem678/
Pohtong678/
Putthan677/
Poothon677/
Pathanh676/
Pathamn675/
Pathant675/
Păștean675/
Pauthan674/
Patotyn674/
Phutain674/
Phetann674/
Pudthan674/
Patatin673/
Paataan673/
Pastain673/
Pasthan673/
Pattean673/
Pahthan673/
Potoine673/
Potaham673/
Patacin673/
Phetain673/
Pethaun673/
Putatnd672/
Pataten672/
Pathasn672/
Pathhan672/
Patoten672/
Poiston672/
Patayne672/
Phuthan672/
Potosen672/
Potosin672/
Păştean672/
Pataine672/
Pautain672/
Puttain672/
Photeam672/
Photoon672/
Posston671/
Pohtein671/
Pottone671/
Pootham671/
Poottam671/
Pateand671/
Pathahn671/
Pathatn671/
Pataane671/
Patagne671/
Pazthan671/
Puthean671/
Poutone671/
Ppathan671/
Ppattan671/
Phahtan671/
Phoiton671/
Paehtan671/
Pahatan671/
Pathand671/
Pathtan671/
Patotin671/
Pachtan671/
Photton671/
Phatanq671/
Pushtan671/
Potasim671/
Pputtan671/
Pouteam671/
Poutonh671/
Puthang671/
Poutein671/
Pastane671/
Pautang671/
Poytong671/
Pouthon671/
Postong671/
Potohyn671/
Potoung671/
Phettan671/
Phetaun671/
Phooton671/
Phouttasin671/
Phodtam671/
Phatain671/
Pootthasen671/
Pojtham671/
Podtong671/
Poohton671/
Pateang671/
Puttand670/
Pattant670/
Pouston670/
Poutton670/
Pattand670/

Potan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potan in the Hindi language
पोतनpotana94.72
पोटनpotana5
पोतानpotana0.28
Potan in the Marathi language
पोतनpotana94.51
पोतानpotana2.37
पोटनpotana0.87
पोतणpotana0.37
पोतमpotama0.25
पोटणpotana0.25
पोसनposana0.25
पॉटनpotana0.12
Potan in the Russian language
Потанpotan-

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