Potera Surname
Approximately 1,866 people bear this surname
Potera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 601 | 1:63,243 | 9,931 |
| Kosovo | 553 | 1:3,367 | 554 |
| Zimbabwe | 508 | 1:30,390 | 4,676 |
| United States | 62 | 1:5,846,112 | 285,490 |
| Ukraine | 44 | 1:1,034,607 | 95,076 |
| Romania | 41 | 1:489,704 | 37,604 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Poteră (4) & Potěra (2) are calculated separately.
Potera (40) may also be a first name.
Potera Demographics
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Potera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potera (Marathi: पोतेरा, Russian: Потера) occurs in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Poteră or Potěra. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potera? popularity and diffusion
Potera is the 219,249th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,905,437 people. The surname Potera occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Potera live; 37 percent live in Eastern Europe and 32 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Potera is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 40 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Poland, where it is carried by 601 people, or 1 in 63,243. Barring Poland this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Kosovo, where 30 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 27 percent live.
Potera Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Potera has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,240 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Potera Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Potera surname are 3.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.25% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Potera earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 31.72% less than the national average, earning 236,295 kr per year and in United States they earn 14.16% more than the national average, earning $49,257 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potera in the Marathi language | ||
| पोतेरा | potera | - |
| Potera in the Russian language | ||
| Потера | potera | - |
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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 Potera
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