Potau Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Potau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 126 | 1:371,048 | 20,817 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Pötau (1) are calculated separately.
Potau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potau (Hindi: पोटाऊ) is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Pötau. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,155,901st most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Potau are found; 61 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The last name Potau is most prevalent in Spain, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 371,048. In Spain Potau is mostly found in: Catalonia, where 94 percent live, Canary Islands, where 5 percent live and Navarre, where 2 percent live. Aside from Spain this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 16 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potau in the Hindi language | ||
| पोटाऊ | pota'u | - |
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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 Potau
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