Potoyan Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Potoyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 141 | 1:20,781 | 1,377 |
| Georgia | 18 | 1:208,086 | 12,109 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Potoyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potoyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potoyan (Georgian: პოტოიანი, Russian: Потоян) is found most in Armenia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Potoyan.
How Common Is The Last Name Potoyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,248,410th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. Potoyan is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Potoyan reside; 86 percent reside in West Asia and 76 percent reside in Armeno-West Asia.
The last name Potoyan is most frequently held in Armenia, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 20,781. In Armenia Potoyan is most prevalent in: Aragatsotn Province, where 26 percent reside, Yerevan, where 24 percent reside and Kotayk Province, where 23 percent reside. Other than Armenia Potoyan exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Georgia, where 10 percent reside and Russia, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potoyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potoyan in the Georgian language | ||
| პოტოიანი | potoiani | 83.33 |
| ფოტოიანი | potoiani | 16.67 |
| Potoyan in the Russian language | ||
| Потоян | potoan | - |
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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 Potoyan
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