Potency Surname

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

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Potency Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potency Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France101:6,642,272293,169
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Potency Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potency is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potency? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Potency is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Potency reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 6,642,272. In France it is primarily found in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 90 percent are found and Occitanie, where 10 percent are found. Besides France this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potence8616/
Potenca8613/
Patency8610/
Potenchi803/
Patiency801/
Potuence801/
Potience801/
Potencier75145/
Potenchei751/
Potenza7111,297/
Potensa7129/
Patence7127/
Potinci7125/
Potenzi7123/
Potenze7120/
Potinca7120/
Potense7118/
Potensi716/
Potengi711/
Putence711/
Potenge711/
Potença711/
Patience6711,295/
Potinche6730/
Potenger6710/
Pottengi675/
Pottenza673/
Potentsa671/
Potincza671/
Pattence670/

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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 Potency
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis