Pottaya Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Pottaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Pottaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pottaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pottaya (Bengali: পোত্তয়া) occurs more in Guyana more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pottaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pottaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Pottaya occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Pottaya reside; 94 percent reside in South America and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America.
The surname is most frequently held in Guyana, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 47,639. In Guyana Pottaya is mostly found in: East Berbice-Corentyne, where 100 percent are found. Other than Guyana it exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritius, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pottaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pottaya in the Bengali language | ||
| পোত্তয়া | pottaya | - |
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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 Pottaya
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