Potenza Surname

45,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Potenza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potenza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy7,5491:8,1011,161
United States1,3521:268,09125,206
Argentina9751:43,8393,699
Brazil6091:351,51813,486
Belgium2161:53,2258,682
France1381:481,32467,982
Venezuela1151:262,6446,385
Switzerland791:103,96111,033
Canada541:682,32655,162
Australia411:658,43245,385
Germany411:1,963,548108,338
Chile371:476,12112,335
England211:2,653,24194,788
Uruguay161:214,48516,699
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Potenza (72) may also be a first name.

Potenza Last Name Facts

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

Potenza is found most frequently in Italy. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Potenza.

How Common Is The Last Name Potenza? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 45,891st most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 645,087 people. Potenza is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Potenza live; 67 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 72 people.

It is most prevalent in Italy, where it is held by 7,549 people, or 1 in 8,101. In Italy Potenza is primarily concentrated in: Apulia, where 41 percent are found, Basilicata, where 19 percent are found and Piedmont, where 7 percent are found. Besides Italy this last name exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Argentina, where 9 percent are found.

Potenza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Potenza has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Potenza last name rose 27,040 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Potenza Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Potenza are 4.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Potenza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 3.51% more than the national average, earning €31,085 per year; in South Africa they earn 63.43% more than the national average, earning R 388,368 per year; in United States they earn 18.41% more than the national average, earning $51,094 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.53% more than the national average, earning $59,881 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pottenza933/
Potenzas931/
Pottenzza881/
Potenzo86156/
Potensa8629/
Potenzi8623/
Potenze8620/
Potenca8613/
Potença861/
Petenza861/
Potemza861/
Posenza861/
Ponza832,210/
Potencia80452/
Potenzio805/
Poštenja804/
Potentsa801/
Potensia801/
Potincza801/
Ponzoa77101/
Phonza7713/
Ponzia773/
Ponzaa771/
Potenzier753/
Patientza751/
Pacenza71790/
Pasenza7175/
Ponzoha7126/
Potinca7120/
Potense7118/
Potence7116/
Potency7111/
Potensi716/
Potenge711/
Potengi711/
Potensà711/
Panza6714,034/
Ponzo679,143/
Ponsa671,355/
Potencio67463/
Ponca67106/
Ponja6785/
Pasienza6762/
Potenger6710/
Pottengi675/
Pomza673/
Potenchi673/
Patencia673/
Patensia673/
Potincha671/
Potuence671/
Potience671/
Potenjos671/

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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 Potenza
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