Potolo Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Potolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Potolo (12) may also be a first name.
Potolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potolo occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Potolo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potolo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Potolo reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.
Potolo is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Potolo
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