Poteni Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Poteni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Poteni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poteni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poteni is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poteni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,228,735th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. Poteni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Poteni are found; 73 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Not including The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potenai | 92 | 12 | / |
| Potenio | 92 | 6 | / |
| Poteeni | 92 | 4 | / |
| Pouteni | 92 | 1 | / |
| Potengi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Posteni | 92 | 1 | / |
| Poutenis | 86 | 13 | / |
| Pottengi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Potetnyi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Poštenyi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Postenyi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Potini | 83 | 1,158 | / |
| Potena | 83 | 393 | / |
| Pateni | 83 | 111 | / |
| Potene | 83 | 8 | / |
| Potenh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Potenj | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poshtenyi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Patenio | 77 | 2,375 | / |
| Pasteni | 77 | 107 | / |
| Potenes | 77 | 26 | / |
| Poitini | 77 | 19 | / |
| Poteena | 77 | 18 | / |
| Pottini | 77 | 17 | / |
| Potinis | 77 | 10 | / |
| Poitena | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pothena | 77 | 8 | / |
| Potinid | 77 | 5 | / |
| Patengi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Potenha | 77 | 3 | / |
| Patenis | 77 | 3 | / |
| Potingi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Potinai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Potenge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poteina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Photene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Patenid | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paateni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pfotenh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poutini | 77 | 1 | / |
| Patteni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pottena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Potinit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Patenei | 77 | 0 | / |
| Passteni | 71 | 34 | / |
| Pothinni | 71 | 22 | / |
| Pautenis | 71 | 13 | / |
| Potainoi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Pottingi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Patheeni | 71 | 4 | / |
| Patengai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pottigni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Poostini | 71 | 3 | / |
| Poštényi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Podtynyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pothinai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pastenis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pathengi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paatheni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pothingi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potainyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poustini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Postényi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pasteini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pottener | 71 | 0 | / |
| Patini | 67 | 1,065 | / |
| Patena | 67 | 950 | / |
| Patene | 67 | 403 | / |
| Phothimni | 67 | 192 | / |
| Posteiner | 67 | 100 | / |
| Potynh | 67 | 94 | / |
| Phothinai | 67 | 60 | / |
| Phothinit | 67 | 19 | / |
| Potiny | 67 | 11 | / |
| Potine | 67 | 6 | / |
| Podtainyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phothinoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pateny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potthingi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Poteni
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