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 surname Potato (Arabic: بطاط, Marathi: पोटटो) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potato? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 232,743rd most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,202,737 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 51 percent of Potato are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 705,855th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 168 people.

Potato is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 886 people, or 1 in 114,264. In The Philippines Potato is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 55 percent live, National Capital Region, where 19 percent live and Calabarzon, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 48 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

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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