Potessu Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Potessu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potessu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Potessu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Potessu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Potessu occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potessu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Potessu is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Potessu reside; 93 percent reside in Australasia and 93 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,928,264. In Australia Potessu is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 86 percent are found and New South Wales, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Australia Potessu exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petesu7710/
Potasu773/
Potosu772/
Poutossou75630/
Poutissou7556/
Hpotossou751/
Poetasu71125/
Potisut7130/
Pothasu7125/
Poutissous712/
Poutissoux711/
Patissou67223/
Phothisu675/
Patetsou674/
Petassou674/
Pothisut672/
Pootisut671/
Photisut671/
Phothisut63282/
Patissout6314/
Pastissou632/
Pothisuth631/
Patissous631/
Poutashou631/
Patasu6218/
Patisu623/
Patisut579/
Patasau579/
Patisup574/
Poetaşu574/
Patashu571/
Pathasu571/
Pataasu571/
Pattasau5312/
Patisuth531/

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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 Potessu
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