Potato Surname

232,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Egypt

Potato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines8861:114,26419,741
Egypt8241:111,5739,244
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
China21:683,660,78330,601
France11:66,422,722504,397
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Potato (168) may also be a first name.

Potato Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potato (Arabic: بطاط, Marathi: पोटटो) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Potato.

How Common Is The Last Name Potato? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 232,743rd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,202,737 people. The last name Potato is predominantly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Potato live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 51 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 705,855th most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 168 people.

Potato is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 886 people, or 1 in 114,264. In The Philippines Potato is most common in: Western Visayas, where 55 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 19 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 9 percent are found. Not including The Philippines this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 48 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potatoo921/
Potatos921/
Potatod921/
Pototo8332/
Patato8328/
Potata836/
Pototoy77105/
Potatau778/
Patatou774/
Pototou772/
Patatoy772/
Patatos771/
Pothata771/
Potastad713/
Patatoss711/
Patata67693/
Patota67108/
Patoto6728/
Photostat672/
Potota671/
Patatò671/

Potato Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potato in the Marathi language
पोटटोpotato-
Potato in the Arabic language
بطاطbtat-

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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 Potato
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