Potlako Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Potlako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 99 | 1:22,090 | 4,408 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Potlako (986) may also be a first name.
Potlako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potlako Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potlako has its highest incidence in Botswana. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Potlako.
How Common Is The Last Name Potlako? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potlako is the 1,817,111th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Potlako live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 256,549th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 986 people.
Potlako is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 22,090. Apart from Botswana Potlako is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Potlako
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