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 is found most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potun? popularity and diffusion

Potun is the 6,063,924th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Potun is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Potun are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name globally, held by 17 people.

The last name Potun is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Potun
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