Pothaya Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Pothaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
Pothaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pothaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pothaya (Marathi: पोठाया) occurs in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pothaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Pothaya reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 90 percent reside in Tai-Asia.
This last name is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 1,569,741. In Thailand Pothaya is primarily concentrated in: Chiang Mai Province, where 80 percent are found, Bangkok, where 9 percent are found and Phatthalung Province, where 9 percent are found. Not including Thailand this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and Mauritius, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pothaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pothaya in the Marathi language | ||
| पोठाया | pothaya | 50 |
| पोथाया | pothaya | 50 |
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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 Pothaya
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