Poterala Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Jersey

Poterala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poterala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina1571:272,25121,915
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
France41:16,605,680368,153
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Poterala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poterala is most common in Argentina. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poterala? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 983,245th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Poterala live; 67 percent live in South America and 60 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most frequent in Argentina, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 272,251. In Argentina Poterala is mostly found in: Misiones Province, where 76 percent live, Buenos Aires Province, where 12 percent live and Corrientes Province, where 10 percent live. Other than Argentina this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.

Poterala Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Poterala last name are 17.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.71% being registered with the party.

Poterala earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.64% more than the national average, earning $44,720 USD per year.

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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 Poterala
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