Potong
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Potong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common surname. Recorded meaning: to cut; to cut off.
- THThailand≈1 in 3.5Kas โพธิ์ทอง(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 93Kas โพธิ์ทอง
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 518Kas Pohthong
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Potong itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Thailand (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 110 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈20,000 named โพธิ์ทอง, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Thailand, est., as โพธิ์ทอง
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
13 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled โพธิ์ทอง in TH Thailand, ID Indonesia, Phothong in US United States, MY Malaysia and Photong in SE Sweden.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
to cut; to cut off
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Potong counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH Thailand | #40 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | #61,801 | โพธิ์ทอง | 110 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | โพธิ์ทอง | 1 |
| US United States | — | ≈69 est. | ≈1 in 4.8M | listed | Phothong | 43 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 518K | — | Phothong | 2 |
| SE Sweden | — | 10as Phothong | 1 in 1M | 10 | Photong | 5 |
| NO Norway | — | 5as Phothong | 1 in 1.1M | 5 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Potong mean, and where does it come from?
- to cut; to cut off Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Potong have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named โพธิ์ทอง in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Potong?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 10 people named Phothong, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
- How common is Potong compared with other names?
- In Thailand, Potong is the 40th most common surname of 1,135,150 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Potong?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/potongThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Potong” — the 40th most common surname in Thailand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.