Potecki Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Potecki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potecki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland871:436,88245,306
France111:6,038,429280,838
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Potecki Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potecki occurs most in Poland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potecki? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Potecki live; 83 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Potecki is most frequently held in Poland, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 436,882. Besides Poland this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Potecki
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