Potiño Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Spain

Potiño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potiño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Potino (660) are calculated separately.

Potiño Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potiño is borne by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Potino. Click here for further possible spellings of Potiño.

How Common Is The Last Name Potiño? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 33 percent of Potiño live; 33 percent live in South America and 33 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The surname Potiño is most widespread in Colombia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 47,774,072. Excluding Colombia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 33 percent are found and Spain, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potino94660/
Patiño83223,001/
Petiño8382/
Poteño831/
Pàtiño831/
Patiños7722/
Patiñio7714/
Pottino7710/
Potinho777/
Pattiño777/
Potenio776/
Pastiño774/
Paatiño774/
Potingo772/
Photino772/
Patiñeo771/
Patiñoz771/
Pothino771/
Potinoy771/
Photinot71300/
Photinos7188/
Potainoi719/
Phothino711/
Photinou711/
Patino6725,431/
Potina67936/
Patiña67284/
Peteño6745/
Putino6720/
Pothionga6717/
Patíño673/
Pottingeo673/
Patińo672/
Poteno671/
Pothainot671/
Phothinoi671/
Petiña671/
Patiñó671/
Patiñò671/

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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 Potiño
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