Potapchuk Surname

96,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,942 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Potapchuk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potapchuk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine3,3191:13,7161,797
Russia8191:175,97419,827
Belarus6291:15,1052,420
United States891:4,072,572219,877
Kazakhstan601:294,70824,906
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Potapchuk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potapchuk (Russian: Потапчук) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Potapchuk.

How Common Is The Last Name Potapchuk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 96,266th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,474,615 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Potapchuk reside; 90 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 90 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is borne by 3,319 people, or 1 in 13,716. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Rivne Oblast, where 29 percent live, Volyn Oblast, where 20 percent live and Zhytomyr Oblast, where 8 percent live. Beside Ukraine Potapchuk occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 17 percent live and Belarus, where 13 percent live.

Potapchuk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Potapchuk surname are 26.81% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 73.58% registered with the party.

The amount Potapchuk earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 46.21% more than the national average, earning $63,090 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning $50,518 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potapcuk943/
Potaptschuk901/
Potapczuk89538/
Patapchuk8959/
Potopchuk8924/
Potapchuq891/
Putapchuk891/
Potapciuc783/
Patapczuk782/
Potaptsuk781/

Potapchuk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potapchuk in the Russian language
Потапчукpotapcuk-

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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 Potapchuk
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