Potou Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Potou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 48 | 1:26,946 | 5,412 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Potou (23) may also be a first name.
Potou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potou is borne by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potou is the 1,775,494th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Potou live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Potou is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 23 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 26,946. In Mauritius it is mostly found in: Port Louis District, where 92 percent are found and Flacq District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Mauritius it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 23 percent are found and Argentina, where 11 percent are found.
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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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- 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 Potou
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