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 occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potua? popularity and diffusion
Potua is the 1,391,595th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. Potua occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Potua reside; 66 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Potua is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 448,349. In Kenya Potua is primarily concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 99 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya Potua occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.
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
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