Potapenko Surname

21,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,818 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Belarus

Potapenko Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the Greek name Potapius.

Potapenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine10,7021:4,254413
Russia8,7581:16,4562,294
Belarus3,9011:2,436209
Kazakhstan5661:31,2414,288
United States1561:2,323,455144,218
Latvia1371:14,9642,224
Kyrgyzstan1041:57,4298,038
Thailand711:994,906151,495
Transnistria571:8,3281,648
Germany451:1,789,010101,917
Estonia421:31,4725,782
Uzbekistan381:813,92516,450
Turkmenistan371:148,3543,025
France351:1,897,792163,564
Israel331:259,32223,464
Poland181:2,111,597101,748
Georgia161:234,09712,742
Azerbaijan161:603,07010,870
Moldova121:296,78124,445
Finland111:499,70030,478
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
England51:11,143,612252,590
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354

Potapenko Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the Greek name Potapius.

- potap

Potapenko Last Name Facts

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

Potapenko (Georgian: პოტაპენკო, Russian: Потапенко) is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potapenko? popularity and diffusion

Potapenko is the 21,909th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 293,640 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Potapenko live; 83 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Potapenko is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is held by 10,702 people, or 1 in 4,254. In Ukraine Potapenko is most frequent in: Kiev, where 12 percent live, Donetsk Oblast, where 11 percent live and Kiev Oblast, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Ukraine Potapenko is found in 42 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 35 percent live and Belarus, where 16 percent live.

Potapenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (93%) in Belarus, Orthodox (91%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Potapenko last name are 12.89% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 59.66% registered with the political party.

The amount Potapenko earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning $47,019 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.35% more than the national average, earning $65,260 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postapenko9513/
Potapienko957/
Patapenko89239/
Potapenco8940/
Potapenka8930/
Potopenko8929/
Potapinko897/
Potepenko897/
Postopenko842/
Potopienko841/
Patapenka7832/
Petapnkou781/

Potapenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potapenko in the Georgian language
პოტაპენკოpotapenko-
Potapenko in the Russian language
Потапенкоpotapenko-

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