Potung Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Potung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Potung (20) may also be a first name.

Potung Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potung is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potung? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Potung occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Potung live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 52 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Potung is also the 2,446,817th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname Potung is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 10,173,015. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Other than Indonesia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 22 percent live and Thailand, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Podtung9221/
Potoung921/
Pootung921/
Potun9110/
Phothung8615/
Poutoung862/
Photoung861/
Photeung861/
Potong83759/
Photun83118/
Patung8383/
Putung8335/
Potuin836/
Poutun830/
Photthung80160/
Phothueng808/
Phoothung801/
Pothong771,940/
Photong771,345/
Pattung771,067/
Phottun77189/
Poutong77143/
Pootong77132/
Puttung7723/
Pottong7720/
Poutoun7711/
Pethung778/
Pohtong778/
Pateung777/
Potuhyn775/
Ppatung774/
Phothun774/
Phatung772/
Padtung772/
Potutin771/
Pothing771/
Pastung771/
Poytong771/
Petaung771/
Podtong771/
Pettung770/
Photthueng7575/
Patun73808/
Poton73605/
Potum7347/
Phothong713,417/
Poothong71405/
Phootong7124/
Phoitong7120/
Poithong7113/
Pohthong7113/
Potuhyna7113/
Poythong716/
Petthung715/
Phoytong715/
Phethung715/
Putthung715/
Patthung714/
Photthun714/
Poodtong714/
Phoutong714/
Pothieng714/
Pouthong714/
Phothing713/
Puttoung712/
Potthong712/
Pothtong711/
Phuthung711/
Phattung711/
Petheung711/
Poottong711/
Pedthung711/
Photthong6724,760/
Photon672,845/
Putong672,659/
Patong671,186/
Potton67952/
Poyton67242/
Pouton67193/
Paatun67120/
Phoothong67111/
Petunc6799/
Patune6764/
Pooton6749/
Phatun6742/
Postum6729/
Phouthong6724/
Pattun6723/
Pothon6719/
Pastun6712/
Phethueng6712/
Phatusing6711/
Poiton679/
Pathun677/
Phoythong676/
Patoun675/
Pootthong675/
Pottum674/
Phatthung674/
Pothum673/
Patuin673/
Phoottong672/
Phoithong672/
Potoon672/
Puoton671/
Potoum671/
Poutón671/
Phetthung671/
Photum671/
Phutthung671/
Phodthong671/
Phadthung671/
Pettheung671/
Poiteutin671/
Poohthong671/
Puhtthung671/
Patuhn671/
Patthueng671/
Patunn670/

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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 Potung
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