Potancok Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Potancok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potancok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia111:485,13257,527
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Potančok (330) are calculated separately.

Potancok Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potancok is found in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Potančok. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potancok? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Potancok are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Potancok is most commonly occurring in Slovakia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 485,132. In Slovakia Potancok is mostly concentrated in: Nitra Region, where 73 percent reside, Trenčín Region, where 9 percent reside and Trnava Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Slovakia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 11 percent reside and Austria, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potančok96330/
Potancokova845/
Potancoková844/
Potanchuk8238/
Potančoková74373/
Potančokova745/
Postanciuc6776/
Postańczuk671/
Potonjac639/
Potonjak631/
Potomczak591/

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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 Potancok
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