Poterai Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Poterai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 385 | 1:40,099 | 6,189 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Poterai (145) may also be a first name.
Poterai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poterai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poterai is found most in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poterai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poterai is the 744,013th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Poterai are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 766,399th most common given name world-wide, borne by 145 people.
The last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 40,099. In Zimbabwe Poterai is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 69 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 11 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, 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
- 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 Poterai
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