Potencio Surname

652,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 463 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Guam

Potencio Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potencio Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3731:271,41639,738
Brazil821:2,610,66378,641
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
France11:66,422,722504,397
Guam11:160,1214,893
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Potêncio (3) are calculated separately.

Potencio Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potencio is most common in The Philippines. It may occur in the variant forms: Potêncio. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potencio? popularity and diffusion

The last name Potencio is the 652,085th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,739,840 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Potencio are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Potencio is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 373 people, or 1 in 271,416. In The Philippines Potencio is most numerous in: Bicol, where 41 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 19 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 12 percent reside. Not including The Philippines it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 18 percent reside and Portugal, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potêncio963/
Postencio942/
Potencia88452/
Putencio88286/
Patencio8818/
Poncio866,345/
Patuencio8215/
Potenzo80156/
Potenca8013/
Putenco801/
Patncio801/
Ponco77787/
Pacencio759/
Patencia753/
Pasencio752/
Putienco751/
Putencia751/
Poncia711,315/
Poncho71725/
Pancio71162/
Phonco7141/
Pôncio7133/
Pomcio712/
Poncoa711/
Potenza6711,297/
Phoncho6743/
Potinca6720/
Ponchoo676/
Ponchou672/
Pontcho671/
Ponchoi671/
Panciot671/
Potença671/
Ponchoy670/

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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 Potencio
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