Potuan Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Potuan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Potuan (16) may also be a first name.
Potuan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potuan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potuan is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potuan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Potuan live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Potuan is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 16 people.
Potuan is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 166,402. In Papua New Guinea Potuan is most common in: Manus, where 55 percent live, National Capital District, where 24 percent live and West New Britain, where 20 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pootuan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Potduang | 86 | 15 | / |
| Potthuan | 86 | 8 | / |
| Patuan | 83 | 48 | / |
| Petuan | 83 | 8 | / |
| Potwan | 83 | 4 | / |
| Potuam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Photduang | 80 | 722 | / |
| Photwan | 77 | 346 | / |
| Photuam | 77 | 288 | / |
| Potwane | 77 | 52 | / |
| Pothuon | 77 | 32 | / |
| Pethuan | 77 | 30 | / |
| Poduang | 77 | 14 | / |
| Putuhan | 77 | 8 | / |
| Phoduan | 77 | 4 | / |
| Patuang | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pooduan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pathuan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Patuand | 77 | 0 | / |
| Photwang | 71 | 289 | / |
| Puttuang | 71 | 50 | / |
| Photwane | 71 | 43 | / |
| Phoduang | 71 | 27 | / |
| Phethuan | 71 | 26 | / |
| Podduang | 71 | 13 | / |
| Putduang | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pattuang | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pooduang | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pohduang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phutuang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patduang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pojduang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paduan | 67 | 1,458 | / |
| Phatduang | 67 | 98 | / |
| Pudvan | 67 | 84 | / |
| Phutduang | 67 | 76 | / |
| Phothwane | 67 | 47 | / |
| Patwan | 67 | 22 | / |
| Petwan | 67 | 17 | / |
| Phooduang | 67 | 8 | / |
| Phetthuan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Puduan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Puhtduang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Podvan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Putuam | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Potuan
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