Potom Surname

296,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Potom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,1271:680,62631,834
Russia1151:1,253,24490,592
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
Kazakhstan71:2,526,071102,287
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Potom (90) may also be a first name.

Potom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potom (Marathi: पोटोम, Russian: Потом) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Potom.

How Common Is The Last Name Potom? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 296,030th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,658,033 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Potom live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,005,046th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 90 people.

The surname is most common in India, where it is borne by 1,127 people, or 1 in 680,626. In India Potom is most common in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 99 percent are found and Assam, where 0 percent are found. Besides India this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.

Potom Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Potom last name is chiefly Orthodox (60%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postom9120/
Pottom911/
Photom911/
Potome911/
Potoum911/
Poutom911/
Pothom910/
Potosme833,083/
Phothom83712/
Poutoum8314/
Postome838/
Pothuom831/
Potthom831/
Pothoum831/
Poutome830/
Poton80605/
Potam80348/
Potum8047/
Patom8023/
Petom8023/
Putom808/
Potoń801/
Potomová77135/
Potomova7753/
Postosme772/
Posthome771/
Poutgoum771/
Phothomg771/
Poston7314,550/
Photon732,845/
Pohtam731,220/
Potton73952/
Potong73759/
Potham73353/
Poyton73242/
Photam73219/
Pouton73193/
Pottam73153/
Pattom73135/
Puthom7377/
Pooton7349/
Patoum7343/
Postum7329/
Pothon7319/
Pathom7318/
Potone7317/
Patoom7316/
Postam7314/
Potame7311/
Pethom7310/
Poiton739/
Peetom737/
Pettom736/
Pottum734/
Pothum733/
Phatom732/
Postão732/
Puttom732/
Potoon732/
Potoin731/
Pastom731/
Potond731/
Patome731/
Puoton731/
Pothám731/
Phetom731/
Photum731/
Phutom731/
Pootam731/
Pothong671,940/
Photong671,345/
Phuthom671,186/
Peetoom67848/
Poutong67143/
Pootong67132/
Patthom6780/
Potonne6738/
Pothuon6732/
Phothon6727/
Pattoom6725/
Pottong6720/
Puttoom6718/
Photham6717/
Potocin6713/
Postone6711/
Poutoun6711/
Phathom679/
Pootoon678/
Posthum678/
Potatem678/
Pohtong678/
Poothon677/
Patoume676/
Phettom676/
Phothum674/
Potoine673/
Potaham673/
Phethom673/
Paattom672/
Poiston672/
Potosen672/
Potosin672/
Photoon672/
Posston671/
Pottone671/
Pootham671/
Poottam671/
Patoime671/
Pedtoom671/
Peethom671/
Poutone671/
Phoiton671/
Patosme671/
Pettoum671/
Photton671/
Potasim671/
Pousthomme671/
Poutonh671/
Poytong671/
Pouthon671/
Postong671/
Potohyn671/
Potoung671/
Phetoum671/
Phooton671/
Phodtam671/
Puthome671/
Phatoom671/
Pojtham671/
Podtong671/
Poohton671/
Padthom671/
Padtoom671/
Pattomg671/
Pouston670/
Poutton670/

Potom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potom in the Marathi language
पोटोमpotoma-
Potom in the Russian language
Потомpotom-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Potom
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