Pothin Surname
Approximately 4,112 people bear this surname
Pothin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3,416 | 1:19,445 | 2,241 |
| Brazil | 374 | 1:572,391 | 21,362 |
| Seychelles | 158 | 1:585 | 133 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Paraguay | 13 | 1:556,673 | 7,036 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Pothin (137) may also be a first name.
Pothin Demographics
Average Pothin Salary in
United States
$91,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pothin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pothin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pothin (Hindi: पोथीं) occurs most in France. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pothin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pothin? popularity and diffusion
Pothin is the 112,625th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,772,263 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Pothin reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in Gallo-Indian Ocean. Pothin is also the 790,880th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 137 people.
The surname is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 3,416 people, or 1 in 19,445. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Réunion, where 72 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 7 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 6 percent reside. Excluding France this last name occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 9 percent reside and The Seychelles, where 4 percent reside.
Pothin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pothin has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Pothin surname expanded 4,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 211 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pothin Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pothin last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.
Pothin earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 111.38% more than the national average, earning $91,208 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pothin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pothin in the Hindi language | ||
| पोथीं | pothim | 66.67 |
| पोटहिन | potahina | 33.33 |
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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 Pothin
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