Potifala Surname

476,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Potifala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potifala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi6541:26,1763,951
Zimbabwe451:343,07232,830
Australia21:13,497,850222,987

Potifala (138) may also be a first name.

Potifala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potifala has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potifala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 476,893rd most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Potifala live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Potifala is also the 787,636th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 138 people.

The surname Potifala is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 654 people, or 1 in 26,176. Beside Malawi it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Potifala
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