Potang Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Potang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 158 | 1:640,748 | 67,692 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Thailand | 49 | 1:1,441,599 | 197,614 |
| Romania | 42 | 1:478,045 | 36,914 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Potâng (1) are calculated separately.
Potang (35) may also be a first name.
Potang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potang is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may also be found in the variant forms: Potâng. Click here to see other potential spellings of Potang.
How Common Is The Last Name Potang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 841,044th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Potang is predominantly found in Asia, where 66 percent of Potang reside; 66 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 48 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Potang is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 35 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 640,748. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 49 percent live, Cagayan Valley, where 48 percent live and National Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Thailand, where 15 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 Potang
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