Potanko Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Potanko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potanko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia451:118,58822,142
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Potánko (9) are calculated separately.

Potanko Last Name Facts

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

Potanko is found most in Slovakia. It may occur as: Potánko. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potanko? popularity and diffusion

The surname Potanko is the 2,047,559th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Potanko are found; 55 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 54 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

Potanko is most commonly occurring in Slovakia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 118,588. In Slovakia Potanko is primarily concentrated in: Prešov Region, where 87 percent are found, Nitra Region, where 4 percent are found and Trnava Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Slovakia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 45 percent are found and Ukraine, where 1 percent are found.

Potanko Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Potanko surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Potanko earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.74% less than the national average, earning $32,476 USD per year.

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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 Potanko
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