Potun Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Potun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Potun (17) may also be a first name.

Potun Last Name Facts

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

Potun occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Potun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potun? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Potun reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 17 people.

The last name Potun is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Niger, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Potun occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and The Philippines, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Photun91118/
Potung9127/
Potuin916/
Poutun910/
Phottun83189/
Podtung8321/
Poutoun8311/
Potuhyn835/
Phothun834/
Potutin831/
Potoung831/
Pootung831/
Patun80808/
Poton80605/
Putun80118/
Petun80100/
Potum8047/
Phothung7715/
Potuhyna7713/
Photthun774/
Poutoung772/
Photoung771/
Photeung771/
Photon732,845/
Potton73952/
Poyton73242/
Pouton73193/
Paatun73120/
Patung7383/
Patune7364/
Pooton7349/
Phatun7342/
Putung7335/
Postum7329/
Pattun7323/
Pothon7319/
Putuin7313/
Pastun7312/
Poiton739/
Pathun737/
Pettun737/
Paetun735/
Phutun735/
Phetun735/
Patoun735/
Petaun735/
Pottum734/
Pothum733/
Patuin733/
Puttun732/
Putune732/
Potoon732/
Puoton731/
Potoum731/
Poutón731/
Photum731/
Pethun731/
Pudtun731/
Patuhn731/
Patunn730/
Photthung71160/
Phoothung711/
Poiteutin711/
Pashtun671,486/
Pattung671,067/
Patutin67231/
Phattun67118/
Phettun6731/
Phothon6727/
Patutyn6725/
Puttung6723/
Puttund6717/
Poutoum6714/
Posthausen6711/
Pootoon678/
Posthum678/
Phathun678/
Pateung677/
Poothon677/
Ppatung674/
Phothum674/
Pethoun674/
Patoune673/
Pethaun673/
Pettoun672/
Patusin672/
Phatung672/
Padtung672/
Photoon672/
Pathunk671/
Pushtun671/
Phoiton671/
Pastung671/
Photton671/
Poutonh671/
Pouthon671/
Pothoum671/
Phetaun671/
Phooton671/
Poohton671/
Padthun671/
Poutton670/

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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 Potun
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