Potanah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Potanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Potanah (9) may also be a first name.
Potanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potanah is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Potanah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Potanah live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,941,740th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 9 people.
The last name is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England Potanah is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 100 percent live. Not including England this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 33 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Potanah
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