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
Average Potek Salary in
United States
$41,078 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Potek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potek (Marathi: पोटेक, Russian: Потек) occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Pötek. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,391,595th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Potek reside; 38 percent reside in West Asia and 28 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Potek is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,768,669. In Turkey Potek is most numerous in: Izmir Province, where 86 percent reside, Balikesir Province, where 9 percent reside and Manisa Province, where 2 percent reside. Beside Turkey this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Poland, where 15 percent reside.
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% registered with 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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