Pothanah Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Pothanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 196 | 1:6,599 | 1,362 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pothanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pothanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pothanah is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pothanah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,185,157th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Pothanah live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname Pothanah is most frequent in Mauritius, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 6,599. In Mauritius Pothanah is most frequent in: Savanne District, where 76 percent live, Flacq District, where 20 percent live and Grand Port District, where 2 percent live. Apart from Mauritius this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and 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
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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
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