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
The surname Potou is borne by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potou is the 1,775,494th most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Potou is primarily found in Africa, where 49 percent of Potou reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used given name on earth, held by 23 people.
The surname Potou is most commonly held in Mauritius, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 26,946. In Mauritius Potou is primarily concentrated in: Port Louis District, where 92 percent reside and Flacq District, where 8 percent reside. Not including Mauritius it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 23 percent reside and Argentina, where 11 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
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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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