Pottou Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Pottou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Pottou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pottou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pottou occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pottou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Pottou reside; 94 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Pottou is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Pottou is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Pottou is found in one country. It is also common in France, where 6 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
- 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 Pottou
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