Potian Surname

546,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 586 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Potian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines5651:179,18328,861
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Potian (643) may also be a first name.

Potian Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Potian Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Potian is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potian? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 546,286th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Potian are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Potian is also the 327,926th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 643 people.

This last name is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 565 people, or 1 in 179,183. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Bicol, where 34 percent live, National Capital Region, where 27 percent live and Calabarzon, where 19 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Potian
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