Potloane Surname

802,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 349 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Potloane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potloane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2641:205,21921,868
Lesotho831:24,4894,910
England21:27,859,030389,889

Potloane (16) may also be a first name.

Potloane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potloane is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potloane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Potloane is the 802,733rd most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. Potloane occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Potloane live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Potloane is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 16 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 205,219. In South Africa Potloane is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 51 percent live, Free State, where 46 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 24 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Potloane Last Name Statistics demography

Potloane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.72% less than the national average, earning R 174,132 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Photloane941/
Poloane931/
Photlhoane891/
Pholoane88364/
Polooane887/
Potloana881/
Petloane881/
Poloan86157/
Pholohane8232/
Phohloane821/
Polohan8017/
Poloana802/
Pholoan801/
Poloani801/
Pholoana751,565/
Phaloane75689/
Pouloana7521/
Pollohan7516/
Polooana751/
Polohana751/
Paaloane751/
Polojean751/
Paloan71585/
Pholohana7118/
Pholohani715/
Poulloana711/
Palloan67462/
Pahloan67363/
Polahon67128/
Phaloan6738/
Paaloan6710/
Palohan678/
Polohon674/
Polauan674/
Paloain671/
Polaoni671/
Palhoan671/

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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 Potloane
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