Potua Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Potua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 103 | 1:448,349 | 23,733 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
Potua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potua is found most in Kenya. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potua? popularity and diffusion
Potua is the 1,391,595th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Potua live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Potua is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 448,349. In Kenya Potua is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 99 percent live and Kilifi County, where 1 percent live. Beside Kenya Potua occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potuha | 91 | 22 | / |
| Postua | 91 | 2 | / |
| Potuah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pothua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Patua | 80 | 2,363 | / |
| Petua | 80 | 131 | / |
| Putua | 80 | 119 | / |
| Podua | 80 | 4 | / |
| Potwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Potuo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pastua | 73 | 29 | / |
| Petuha | 73 | 27 | / |
| Putuha | 73 | 9 | / |
| Phatua | 73 | 3 | / |
| Paetua | 73 | 3 | / |
| Phetua | 73 | 2 | / |
| Petuaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Postwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Patuat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peutua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Potwad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puttua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Petuay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Potway | 73 | 0 | / |
| Postway | 67 | 67 | / |
| Putuhah | 67 | 23 | / |
| Patuhah | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pastuha | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pahatua | 67 | 3 | / |
| Poduath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phetdua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poutuoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patuhas | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Potua
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis