Poting Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Poting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 343 | 1:10,383 | 1,782 |
| Romania | 169 | 1:118,804 | 13,142 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Pöting (79) & Potîng (38) are calculated separately.
Poting (62) may also be a first name.
Poting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poting Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poting (Marathi: पोिंतग) occurs in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Pöting or Potîng. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poting? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 530,954th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. Poting is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Poting are found; 84 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 84 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Poting is also the 1,246,114th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 62 people.
The surname Poting is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is held by 343 people, or 1 in 10,383. In Moldova Poting is most numerous in: Căușeni District, where 35 percent live, Orhei District, where 18 percent live and Glodeni District, where 16 percent live. Barring Moldova this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 28 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
Poting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Poting has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Poting surname decreased 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poting Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poting in the Marathi language | ||
| पोिंतग | pointaga | - |
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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 Poting
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