Poteras Surname

847,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Poteras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poteras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2991:67,1508,066
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Poteraş (124) & Poteraș (32) are calculated separately.

Poteras Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poteras is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Poteraş or Poteraș. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poteras? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 847,909th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. The last name Poteras is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Poteras reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Poteras is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 67,150. In Romania Poteras is mostly concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 18 percent live, Buzău County, where 18 percent live and Constanța County, where 18 percent live. Beside Romania it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.

Poteras Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Poteras has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Poteras surname increased 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Poteras Last Name Statistics demography

Poteras earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 76.06% more than the national average, earning $75,969 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poteraş95124/
Poteraș9532/
Poiteras931/
Posteras931/
Poterash931/
Potereas931/
Potera921,866/
Pateras861,297/
Poterai86387/
Poteraj86231/
Potaras8691/
Pothera8668/
Potoras8660/
Postera8651/
Poterat869/
Peteras868/
Pottera862/
Poteros862/
Poterah861/
Potiras861/
Poteira861/
Poterau861/
Poteray861/
Potereau80418/
Potherat80315/
Potterat80182/
Potteray8016/
Patteras808/
Potharas807/
Potaraus803/
Pasteras802/
Potheraj801/
Posteira801/
Poiterat801/
Potheray800/
Patera773,053/
Potyra77715/
Potero7755/
Potira7710/
Poteră774/
Potěra772/
Poutheara751/
Peterhaus750/
Peteros714,014/
Pastera712,612/
Paterra71505/
Pataras71472/
Paterau71296/
Pateros71280/
Potyraj71250/
Pateira71150/
Potirat7191/
Postero7181/
Patiras7156/
Pattera7138/
Pathera7123/
Potyrai7120/
Potaros7117/
Patiera7116/
Pottero7113/
Paterac7111/
Potiora716/
Pateray716/
Potisra715/
Potiraj714/
Pothero713/
Postira713/
Petiras713/
Potirad712/
Patehra711/
Paterea711/
Paatera711/
Paterad711/
Posterà711/
Potyrac711/
Poteiro711/
Pothira711/
Photira711/
Phothirash711/
Pottira710/
Patereau67135/
Pothiraj67117/
Pothirat6790/
Photirat6775/
Photaira6734/
Pastiras6734/
Potirach6732/
Posterro6729/
Pateiray6723/
Pattiera6721/
Pettaras679/
Pattaras678/
Patharas677/
Phothira677/
Patteera676/
Patarais675/
Patheray674/
Patherra674/
Patteros673/
Pathiras673/
Potergoi672/
Pothyraj672/
Poothira671/
Patearoa671/
Pachtera671/
Passtera671/
Pasteros671/
Pasterra671/
Pasztera671/
Photiray671/
Phataras671/
Pothérat671/
Potéreau671/
Potharos671/
Potirath671/
Photiraj671/
Patheera671/
Patterra671/

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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 Poteras
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