Potifar Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Potifar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Potifar (158) may also be a first name.
Potifar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potifar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potifar is borne by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Potifar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potifar is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Potifar live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. Potifar is also the 730,165th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 158 people.
The surname Potifar is most common in Chad, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,510,244. Without taking into account Chad this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 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 Potifar
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