Potekh Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Potekh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potekh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Potekh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potekh (Russian: Потех) is found most in Ukraine. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potekh? popularity and diffusion

Potekh is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potekh reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 5,690,337. In Ukraine Potekh is mostly found in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 18 percent reside and Belarus, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potek91157/
Poštek83176/
Pottek8379/
Photek8352/
Potiek8351/
Poetek8333/
Poteck8316/
Pojtek8312/
Poteke833/
Poteek833/
Potech832/
Patekh832/
Potekhova807/
Potteck7735/
Posthek7714/
Poteche7713/
Petehkh7711/
Potecke771/
Pohteck771/
Phottek771/
Pottech770/
Podtekhova751/
Petek7312,050/
Patek732,730/
Pátek731,202/
Putek73893/
Potec73542/
Potik73127/
Potyk7398/
Potex7311/
Potej7311/
Pötek731/
Phattekh716/
Poushtek711/
Potekova711/
Pothik672,987/
Postec67918/
Phutek67281/
Potijk67165/
Potyok67105/
Pathek6784/
Peteck6766/
Pustek6758/
Pettek6755/
Putykh6745/
Pattek6743/
Potych6740/
Pateuk6721/
Pateck6720/
Patikh6714/
Pudtek6713/
Petehc6712/
Potich6712/
Potick6712/
Postyk6711/
Puštek6711/
Potect678/
Pateke678/
Patykh677/
Pastek676/
Pojteková674/
Phatek674/
Potike674/
Paštek674/
Puteke673/
Pateek672/
Pottik672/
Potiok672/
Poetik672/
Poteax671/
Poteec671/
Poteykova671/
Poteac671/
Patech671/
Potikhova671/
Pateak671/
Petykh671/
Puteak671/
Patiek671/
Poštěk671/
Pothig671/
Podtekova671/
Petehk671/
Petikh671/

Potekh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potekh in the Russian language
Потехpoteh-

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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 Potekh
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