Potavin Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Potavin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potavin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1241:535,66773,425
United States811:4,474,802235,715
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Potavin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potavin (Russian: Потавин) is most common in France. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Potavin.

How Common Is The Last Name Potavin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,125,333rd most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname Potavin is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Potavin reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 535,667. In France it is most common in: Occitanie, where 87 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 10 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 2 percent are found. Beside France this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.

Potavin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Potavin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Potavin surname rose 675 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Potavin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Potavin are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the party.

Potavin earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.69% more than the national average, earning $45,174 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Potavin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potavin in the Russian language
Потавинpotavin-

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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 Potavin
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