Poteya Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Poteya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Poteya (72) may also be a first name.
Poteya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poteya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poteya (Bengali: পতেয়া, Oriya: େପାେତୟା) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poteya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Poteya reside; 46 percent reside in South Asia and 46 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Poteya is also the 1,143,416th most commonly occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 72 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 26,450,530. In India it is most frequent in: Odisha, where 100 percent are found. Apart from India Poteya occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Malawi, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poteya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poteya in the Bengali language | ||
| পতেয়া | pateya | - |
| Poteya in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାେତୟା | epaetaya | 85.71 |
| େପାେଟୟା | epaetaya | 9.52 |
| ପେଟୟା | petaya | 4.76 |
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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 Poteya
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