Poterat Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Poterat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Poterat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poterat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poterat is found most frequently in Belgium. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poterat? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poterat is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Poterat occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Poterat are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,437,080. In Belgium Poterat is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Belgium it occurs in one country. It is also found in Poland, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Poterat
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