Potga Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Potga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Potga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potga occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potga? popularity and diffusion
Potga is the 2,414,640th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Potga live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon Potga is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 54 percent live and Littoral Region, where 46 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Potga occurs in one country. It is also common in France, where 3 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 Potga
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