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
The last name Potea (Russian: Потеа) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potea? popularity and diffusion
Potea is the 860,770th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name Potea is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Potea reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Potea is also the 1,191,548th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 67 people.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 199,780. In Tanzania Potea is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 94 percent are found, Singida Region, where 3 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Potea is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
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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