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 borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poterai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poterai is the 744,013th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The last name Poterai is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Poterai reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Poterai is also the 766,399th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 145 people.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 40,099. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 69 percent live, Midlands Province, where 11 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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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