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

Potapenya (Russian: Потапеня) occurs most in Russia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potapenya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,047,559th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Potapenya is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Potapenya are found; 52 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 52 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Russia, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 2,719,303. In Russia it is primarily found 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 is also found in Belarus, where 35 percent reside and Armenia, where 1 percent reside.

Potapenya Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States Potapenya are 36.56% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the political 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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