Potum Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Potum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania251:121,38414,277
India171:45,121,493474,784
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Potum (95) may also be a first name.

Potum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Potum Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Potum (Oriya: େପାଟୁମ) occurs most in Lithuania. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Potum is the 2,843,861st most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Potum are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 53 percent are found in Baltic Europe. Potum is also the 974,243rd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 95 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Lithuania, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 121,384. In Lithuania Potum is primarily found in: Vilnius County, where 100 percent live. Besides Lithuania Potum is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.

Potum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Potum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Potum surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postum9129/
Pottum914/
Pothum913/
Photum911/
Potoum911/
Poutoum8314/
Posthum838/
Phothum834/
Pothoum831/
Potom801,288/
Patum80407/
Putum80301/
Petum8013/
Potun8010/
Photthum77109/
Posthume775/
Pootthum771/
Poutgoum771/
Pathum732,612/
Pattum73393/
Photun73118/
Pettum7354/
Patoum7343/
Padtum7340/
Pastum7334/
Pudtum7332/
Potung7327/
Phatum7327/
Phutum7314/
Puttum7313/
Potuin736/
Patume736/
Pethum734/
Peetum733/
Petaum732/
Phetum731/
Poutom731/
Photom731/
Putume731/
Pottom731/
Poutun730/
Pothom730/
Patthum671,885/
Phothom67712/
Phottun67189/
Peethum6744/
Podtung6721/
Phathum6718/
Putthum6711/
Padthum6711/
Poutoun6711/
Pasthum678/
Patoume676/
Potuhyn675/
Phattum675/
Phuttum674/
Phothun674/
Pudthum673/
Pathoum671/
Potutin671/
Potthom671/
Pettoum671/
Phetoum671/
Paethum671/
Ppathum671/
Pootung671/
Potoung671/

Potum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potum in the Oriya language
େପାଟୁମepatuma75
େପାଟୁମ୍epatum25

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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
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  • 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 Potum
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