Potančok Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Potančok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potančok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia3081:17,3262,566
Czechia221:483,34051,393

The alternate forms: Potancok (18) are calculated separately.

Potančok Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potančok is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Potancok. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potančok? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 835,661st most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. Potančok is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potančok are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

Potančok is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is borne by 308 people, or 1 in 17,326. In Slovakia Potančok is mostly concentrated in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 86 percent are found, Nitra Region, where 7 percent are found and Bratislava Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Slovakia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potancok9618/
Potančoková84373/
Potančokova845/
Pottangok821/
Potancokova745/
Potancoková744/
Patanikok71254/
Potanchuk7138/
Botyangok713/
Ptangke6725/
Potomczak591/
Postanciuc5676/
Postańczuk561/

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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 Potančok
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