Potisi Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Potisi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potisi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia201:120,4709,225
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Potisi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potisi occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potisi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Potisi reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in Namibia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 120,470. In Namibia Potisi is most prevalent in: Zambezi Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Namibia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Potisi
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