Potapczyk Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Potapczyk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potapczyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1181:322,10837,500
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Potapczyk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potapczyk is found most frequently in Poland. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Potapczyk? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,465,390th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Potapczyk reside; 81 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Poland, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 322,108. Excluding Poland it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Potapczyk Last Name Statistics demography

Potapczyk earn a lot less than the average income. In Canada they earn 38.37% less than the national average, earning $30,618 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potapczuk89538/
Potapchyk8969/
Patapczyk8912/
Potapczak893/
Potopczyk891/
Potapcik825/
Potapchik78949/
Patapchyk783/
Patapczuk782/
Potupczuk781/
Potapčik714/
Patapchik67106/
Potopchik671/
Pidłypczak5329/
Podobyczko531/

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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 Potapczyk
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