Poteah Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Poteah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 70 | 1:18,477 | 3,852 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Poteah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poteah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poteah occurs in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poteah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poteah is the 2,255,512th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Poteah live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
Poteah is most commonly used in Mauritius, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 18,477. In Mauritius Poteah is most numerous in: Grand Port District, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Mauritius Poteah exists in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Poteah
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