Potema Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Potema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 37 | 1:1,230,343 | 106,187 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Potema (24) may also be a first name.
Potema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potema (Oriya: େପାେଟମା, Russian: Потема) is most common in Ukraine. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Potema is the 2,979,664th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Potema live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Potema is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 24 people.
The last name Potema is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 1,230,343. In Ukraine Potema is mostly found in: Poltava Oblast, where 62 percent live, Luhansk Oblast, where 27 percent live and Zaporizhia Oblast, where 5 percent live. Barring Ukraine Potema occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 9 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potema in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାେଟମା | epaetama | - |
| Potema in the Russian language | ||
| Потема | potema | - |
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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 Potema
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