Potipher Surname

415,025th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 839 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Potipher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potipher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7841:21,8363,343
England471:1,185,49155,443
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140

Potipher (1,317) may also be a first name.

Potipher Last Name Facts

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

Potipher occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potipher? popularity and diffusion

The surname Potipher is the 415,025th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,685,990 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Potipher are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 216,596th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 1,317 people.

This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 21,836. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Potipher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Potipher has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Potipher last name rose 142 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Potipher
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