Potapkin Surname

230,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,752 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Potapkin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potapkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,6721:86,19810,824
Kazakhstan381:465,32934,912
Belarus291:327,62335,686
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Potapkin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potapkin (Russian: Потапкин) is found most frequently in Russia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potapkin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 230,851st most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,159,558 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Potapkin reside; 82 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Potapkin is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 1,672 people, or 1 in 86,198. In Russia Potapkin is mostly found in: Saratov Oblast, where 24 percent reside, Moscow, where 12 percent reside and Mordovia Republic, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Russia this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.

Potapkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Potapkin last name is chiefly Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Potapkin are 8.96% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 55.73% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potapkina941,511/
Patapkin88139/
Potapkyn8888/
Potepkin887/
Potopkin881/
Potapkyna82114/
Patapkina8227/
Podtopkin822/
Potopkina821/
Podtopkina785/
Patepkin754/
Patapkyn752/
Potopchin715/
Podtopkyn712/
Patapkyna712/
Podtopkyna673/
Putovkin632/

Potapkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potapkin in the Russian language
Потапкинpotapkin-

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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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  • 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 Potapkin
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