Potea Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Potea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 265 | 1:199,780 | 17,053 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Potea (67) may also be a first name.
Potea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potea (Russian: Потеа) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 860,770th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname Potea is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Potea are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Potea is also the 1,191,548th most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 67 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 265 people, or 1 in 199,780. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 94 percent reside, Singida Region, where 3 percent reside and Lindi Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potea in the Russian language | ||
| Потеа | potea | - |
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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 Potea
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