Potiya Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Potiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 82 | 1:861,443 | 136,584 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Potiya (136) may also be a first name.
Potiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potiya (Hindi: पोतिया, Marathi: पोटीया) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Potiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Potiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,683,218th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Potiya live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 794,286th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 136 people.
This last name is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 861,443. In Thailand Potiya is primarily found in: Chiang Rai Province, where 28 percent reside, Songkhla Province, where 22 percent reside and Chiang Mai Province, where 11 percent reside. Other than Thailand it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potiya in the Marathi language | ||
| पोटीया | potiya | 75 |
| पोतीया | potiya | 13.89 |
| पोिटया | poitaya | 11.11 |
| Potiya in the Hindi language | ||
| पोतिया | potiya | 43.75 |
| पोटिया | potiya | 37.5 |
| पोटीया | potiya | 12.5 |
| पोतीया | potiya | 6.25 |
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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 Potiya
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