Potaya Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Potaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 173 | 1:383,946 | 56,838 |
| Thailand | 72 | 1:981,088 | 150,124 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Potaya (75) may also be a first name.
Potaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potaya (Hindi: पोटया, Marathi: पोटया, Oriya: େପାତାୟା) is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potaya? popularity and diffusion
Potaya is the 860,770th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Potaya live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in Gallo-Indian Ocean. Potaya is also the 1,116,575th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 75 people.
This last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 383,946. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Réunion, where 100 percent reside. Aside from France this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 23 percent reside and India, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potaya in the Hindi language | ||
| पोटया | potaya | - |
| Potaya in the Marathi language | ||
| पोटया | potaya | 98.9 |
| पोतया | potaya | 0.55 |
| Potaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାତାୟା | epataya | 74.07 |
| େପାଟାୟା | epataya | 18.52 |
| େପାତୟା | epataya | 7.41 |
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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 Potaya
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