Potangaroa Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Potangaroa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potangaroa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607

Potangaroa Last Name Facts

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

Potangaroa is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Potangaroa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potangaroa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,373,373rd most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Potangaroa reside; 97 percent reside in Australasia and 97 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most commonly occurring in New Zealand, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 150,944. In New Zealand Potangaroa is primarily concentrated in: Wellington Region, where 57 percent reside, Auckland Region, where 27 percent reside and Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 17 percent reside. Outside of New Zealand it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 9 percent reside and Haiti, where 3 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Potangaroa
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