Potashnyk Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Potashnyk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potashnyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1891:240,86131,812
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Poland21:19,004,374199,659

Potashnyk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potashnyk (Russian: Поташнык) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Potashnyk.

How Common Is The Last Name Potashnyk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,115,011th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Potashnyk reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 87 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 240,861. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 47 percent live, Lviv Oblast, where 23 percent live and Kiev, where 6 percent live. Other than Ukraine Potashnyk exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Potashnyk Last Name Statistics demography

Potashnyk earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 9.93% less than the national average, earning $44,748 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Potashnyk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potashnyk in the Russian language
Поташныкpotasnyk-

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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 Potashnyk
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