Pothain Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Pothain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 293 | 1:226,699 | 35,158 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Pothain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pothain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pothain is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pothain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pothain is the 891,661st most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pothain reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Pothain is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 293 people, or 1 in 226,699. In France Pothain is most common in: Île-de-France, where 32 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 28 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 27 percent reside. Apart from France this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and China, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Pothain
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis