Potek Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Potek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 44 | 1:1,768,669 | 64,663 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Pötek (1) are calculated separately.
Potek (13) may also be a first name.
Potek Demographics
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Potek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potek (Marathi: पोटेक, Russian: Потек) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Pötek. Click here to see other potential spellings of Potek.
How Common Is The Last Name Potek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,391,595th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 61 percent of Potek are found; 38 percent are found in West Asia and 28 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Potek is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 13 people.
The surname Potek is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 1,768,669. In Turkey Potek is mostly concentrated in: Izmir Province, where 86 percent are found, Balikesir Province, where 9 percent are found and Manisa Province, where 2 percent are found. Other than Turkey it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Poland, where 15 percent are found.
Potek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Potek surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the political party.
Potek earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.8% less than the national average, earning $41,078 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potek in the Marathi language | ||
| पोटेक | poteka | - |
| Potek in the Russian language | ||
| Потек | potek | - |
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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 Potek
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