Potanets Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Potanets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potanets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine181:2,529,039160,188
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Potanets Last Name Facts

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

Potanets (Russian: Потанец) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Potanets? popularity and diffusion

Potanets is the 4,307,654th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Potanets reside; 86 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 86 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Potanets is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 2,529,039. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Odessa Oblast, where 83 percent are found and Volyn Oblast, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Ukraine it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 10 percent are found and Uzbekistan, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potanes934/
Postanes881,299/
Poutanes884/
Potane86893/
Potanis80520/
Patanes80329/
Potonet8019/
Photane8010/
Potanec807/
Potaner805/
Pothane805/
Poitane804/
Patanet801/
Potange801/
Postane801/
Potanie801/
Phothane75152/
Pautanes75120/
Phatanet75104/
Potaniec7574/
Pothanis7510/
Postones759/
Potanish758/
Patanett756/
Potauner753/
Photanee752/
Pastanes752/
Postañes752/
Pothange751/
Pouttane751/
Postaner751/
Pataneat751/
Patanies751/
Postanez751/
Postanis751/
Pothanee751/
Pattanet751/
Patane7113,778/
Potani713,299/
Potana71424/
Phothanee7132/
Poutonnet7132/
Potone7117/
Potanh711/
Pottainge711/
Potany711/
Patange6721,631/
Pothana672,325/
Pathane67657/
Pattane67448/
Patanis67429/
Putanec67205/
Patanit67158/
Potanna67146/
Photani6753/
Potonne6738/
Potonie6732/
Potangi6728/
Pottana6718/
Postany6716/
Patanec6716/
Photana6716/
Patanñe6715/
Phatane6715/
Patanne6712/
Postone6711/
Potagni6710/
Patanje678/
Pataner677/
Patanej675/
Patones675/
Patanie674/
Pataney674/
Pootana674/
Potoine673/
Patayne672/
Potanay672/
Patgane672/
Pataine672/
Pottone671/
Phoothanee671/
Potanij671/
Pottani671/
Pastane671/
Patanee671/
Pataane671/
Patagne671/
Pataned671/
Poutone671/
Poutani671/
Patanea671/
Potonis671/
Pothany671/

Potanets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potanets in the Russian language
Потанецpotanec-

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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 Potanets
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