Potapenya Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Potapenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potapenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia531:2,719,303152,706
Belarus291:327,62335,686
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Potapenya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potapenya (Russian: Потапеня) is most common in Russia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potapenya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,047,559th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. Potapenya occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Potapenya live; 52 percent live in Eastern Europe and 52 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

Potapenya is most prevalent in Russia, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 2,719,303. In Russia it is most numerous in: Primorsky Krai, where 23 percent reside, Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 19 percent reside and Altai Krai, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Russia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 35 percent reside and Armenia, where 1 percent reside.

Potapenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Potapenya surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Patapenya8972/
Potopenya892/
Potapenja892/
Pothapanya841/
Phothapanya8038/
Patapenia781/
Petapinya781/
Pottapinja742/
Patapania672/
Putthaapinya671/
Puttapinyo631/
Phuthotphinyo5559/

Potapenya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potapenya in the Russian language
Потапеняpotapena-

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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 Potapenya
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