Potapev Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Potapev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potapev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia301:4,804,102217,805
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733

Potapev Last Name Facts

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

Potapev (Russian: Потапьев) occurs in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potapev? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Potapev are found; 84 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 84 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Russia, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 4,804,102. In Russia Potapev is most prevalent in: Stavropol Krai, where 30 percent are found, Volgograd Oblast, where 23 percent are found and Krasnodar Krai, where 13 percent are found. Besides Russia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 6 percent are found.

Potapev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Potapev surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potapeva9354/
Potapaev934/
Potapov8673,009/
Potapav866/
Potapyv862/
Potopaev8077/
Potappov801/
Potapieff752/
Patapov71481/
Potopov7140/

Potapev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potapev in the Russian language
Потапьевpotapev-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Potapev
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