Potona Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Togo

Potona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Potona (10) may also be a first name.

Potona Last Name Facts

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

Potona has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Potona? popularity and diffusion

The surname Potona is the 4,427,875th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Potona live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Potona is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 10 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa Potona is most common in: Limpopo, where 93 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 20 percent live and The Philippines, where 5 percent live.

Potona Last Name Statistics demography

Potona earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.87% less than the national average, earning R 230,820 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pootona92347/
Potonas9233/
Potonah9219/
Potosna925/
Potonay921/
Potonga921/
Postogna8652/
Phootona865/
Potongah861/
Patona83515/
Potana83424/
Potena83393/
Potony8393/
Potuna8331/
Potono8323/
Potoni8322/
Potone8317/
Petona8314/
Putona8310/
Patonah7711,783/
Pothana772,325/
Patonai77589/
Potanna77146/
Patonay77116/
Patouna7771/
Potanga7743/
Potonne7738/
Patonga7737/
Potonie7732/
Putonah7725/
Potonyi7724/
Potongo7723/
Potonet7719/
Poteena7718/
Pottana7718/
Photana7716/
Pothuna7712/
Pattona7712/
Potenai7712/
Potonuo7711/
Postone7711/
Potanas7710/
Poitena7710/
Potusna779/
Potanah779/
Pothena778/
Potunas777/
Potonos776/
Pathona775/
Pootana774/
Postana773/
Patonna773/
Potoine773/
Potenha773/
Potanay772/
Potonou772/
Pootuna772/
Pottena771/
Pottone771/
Poutone771/
Poetena771/
Potonis771/
Potanad771/
Poutonh771/
Poutony771/
Photuna771/
Poutonneau753/
Potoń731/
Pothanna711,115/
Pathonah71403/
Phatonai71323/
Patongai71273/
Pothanah71200/
Patounas71188/
Potgouni7168/
Poitongo7168/
Pottanat7148/
Pottanna7136/
Potangna7129/
Potuhyna7113/
Pastouna7111/
Patongay7111/
Phatonah7110/
Poutouni7110/
Phothana7110/
Postones719/
Phutonna718/
Potthana714/
Patonash714/
Poothana713/
Pashtona712/
Poteneau711/
Pothanga711/
Pothunna711/
Potonich711/
Pottanaa711/
Pottanga711/
Pootanna711/
Pattonas711/
Pattonai711/
Poshtana711/
Phothone711/
Phothonh711/
Patohyna711/
Patoni674,634/
Patana673,733/
Potani673,299/
Patena67950/
Potane67893/
Patono67312/
Petana67298/
Patone67290/
Petena67232/
Phuthotna67174/
Patuna67159/
Potano67130/
Phottonot6782/
Putana6770/
Putoni6737/
Poutonnet6732/
Putuna6726/
Phouthone6719/
Photthana6715/
Pothunnah6710/
Potuni676/
Photthongnat674/
Pastounas672/
Potany671/
Pottanatt671/
Poothanna671/
Putone671/
Poteño671/
Poustonis671/
Poutougni671/
Potanh671/
Pootangna671/
Patony670/

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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 Potona
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