Potego Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Iceland

Potego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Potego (269) may also be a first name.

Potego Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Potego Come From? nationality or country of origin

Potego (Russian: Потего) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potego? popularity and diffusion

The surname Potego is the 5,391,485th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Potego reside; 38 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 38 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 542,091st most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 269 people.

Potego is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 28,824,611. In Russia it is most prevalent in: Arkhangelsk Oblast, where 80 percent reside and Moscow, where 20 percent reside. Beside Russia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside and Austria, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postego924/
Poteugou861/
Potega83103/
Patego8339/
Potago8335/
Potigo834/
Potogo831/
Petego830/
Postigo7711,959/
Pategou7758/
Petegou7750/
Pategos7743/
Phutego7722/
Pottega772/
Poutogo771/
Potigot771/
Photago771/
Pootago771/
Podtigo771/
Phuthego712,929/
Postigos717/
Pathengo714/
Pauteugo713/
Phootago711/
Peutegou711/
Posttigo711/
Pattaego711/
Petogo67418/
Patega67105/
Petigo6766/
Patago6765/
Petago6745/
Potiga6715/
Patigo6714/
Potaga678/
Potyga671/

Potego Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potego in the Russian language
Потегоpotego-

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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 Potego
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