Potapenco Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Potapenco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 37 | 1:96,253 | 11,707 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Potapenco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potapenco Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potapenco occurs in Moldova more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Potapenco.
How Common Is The Last Name Potapenco? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Potapenco is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potapenco reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Moldova, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 96,253. In Moldova Potapenco is primarily found in: Chișinău Municipality, where 81 percent are found, Dondușeni District, where 14 percent are found and Anenii Noi District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Moldova this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 3 percent are found and Romania, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potapenko | 89 | 24,818 | / |
| Postapenko | 84 | 13 | / |
| Potapienko | 84 | 7 | / |
| Patapenko | 78 | 239 | / |
| Potapenka | 78 | 30 | / |
| Potopenko | 78 | 29 | / |
| Potapinko | 78 | 7 | / |
| Potepenko | 78 | 7 | / |
| Potapenja | 78 | 2 | / |
| Postopenko | 74 | 2 | / |
| Potopienko | 74 | 1 | / |
| Patapenka | 67 | 32 | / |
| Petapnkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pottapinja | 63 | 2 | / |
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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 Potapenco
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