Pothia Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Pothia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Pothia (5) may also be a first name.
Pothia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pothia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pothia occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pothia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Pothia occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Pothia are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pothia is also the 5,493,085th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 5 people.
Pothia is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 20 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 Pothia
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