Poterba Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Poterba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poterba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia421:3,431,501177,080
Ukraine391:1,167,249102,683
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Poterba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poterba (Russian: Потерба) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Poterba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poterba? popularity and diffusion

Poterba is the 1,795,579th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. Poterba occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Poterba live; 45 percent live in Eastern Europe and 45 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Poterba is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 3,431,501. In Russia Poterba is mostly found in: Primorsky Krai, where 71 percent live, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where 12 percent live and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 10 percent live. Not including Russia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 37 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Poterba Last Name Statistics demography

Poterba earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.56% more than the national average, earning $65,828 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potreba86232/
Potřeba8613/
Peterba8611/
Poteruha804/
Patearba801/
Peterbay800/
Peterbhai751/
Puterbauh751/
Puterbach750/
Patreba718/
Peterbo715/
Puterbauth712/
Puterbauch712/
Potrebo712/
Paterwas672/
Potearve671/
Patherwat632/
Pathervat632/
Patharbhai5993/
Pathirbhai591/
Pathirvad501/

Poterba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poterba in the Russian language
Потербаpoterba-

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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 Poterba
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