Potoo Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Potoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Potoo (40) may also be a first name.
Potoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potoo (Hindi: पोटू) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potoo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Potoo live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Potoo is also the 1,614,485th most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 40 people.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 33,350,669. In India Potoo is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 87 percent live and Telangana, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account India it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and Mongolia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potoo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potoo in the Hindi language | ||
| पोटू | potu | 66.67 |
| पोतू | potu | 33.33 |
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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 Potoo
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