Potentine Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Potentine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 165 | 1:320,858 | 24,292 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
Potentine (267) may also be a first name.
Potentine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potentine Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potentine occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potentine? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,305,105th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Potentine reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Potentine is also the 544,256th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 267 people.
The last name Potentine is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 320,858. In Tanzania Potentine is most frequent in: Kagera Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Tanzania Potentine is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottentine | 95 | 0 | / |
| Potentini | 89 | 142 | / |
| Pontine | 88 | 73 | / |
| Pontines | 82 | 236 | / |
| Pontinez | 82 | 46 | / |
| Pontaine | 82 | 3 | / |
| Pontegnie | 78 | 41 | / |
| Pontignie | 78 | 39 | / |
| Pacentine | 78 | 16 | / |
| Pasentine | 78 | 13 | / |
| Patentini | 78 | 3 | / |
| Pontini | 75 | 1,241 | / |
| Ponthin | 75 | 46 | / |
| Pontain | 75 | 7 | / |
| Pantine | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pontein | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pontene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ponteni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Possentini | 74 | 47 | / |
| Pountain | 71 | 518 | / |
| Pontinha | 71 | 273 | / |
| Pantaine | 71 | 63 | / |
| Pontengi | 71 | 26 | / |
| Pontenes | 71 | 14 | / |
| Pontenge | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pantinge | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pontenis | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pontegni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pontisen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pontenio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponthein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phontain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pantigne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pantines | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pantinez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pontinio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pontinis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poyntain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pounteni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poomtein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pantoine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponntain | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ponteney | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pantignie | 67 | 22 | / |
| Pontégnie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pantegnie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Poonthing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phonthing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phonthain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pountigni | 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
- 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 Potentine
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