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
Potaya (Hindi: पोटया, Marathi: पोटया, Oriya: େପାତାୟା) is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Potaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 860,770th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Potaya reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in Gallo-Indian Ocean. Potaya is also the 1,116,575th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 75 people.
This last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 383,946. In France it is primarily found in: Réunion, where 100 percent live. Apart from France this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 23 percent live and India, where 16 percent live.
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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