Potoh Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Potoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99 | 1:1,022,608 | 86,972 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Potoh (17) may also be a first name.
Potoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potoh occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potoh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potoh is the 1,666,404th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Potoh live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 49 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 1,022,608. In The Philippines Potoh is mostly found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 56 percent live, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 41 percent live and Mimaropa, where 1 percent live. Beside The Philippines this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 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 Potoh
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