Potereau Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Potereau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 413 | 1:160,830 | 25,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Potéreau (1) are calculated separately.
Potereau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potereau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potereau is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Potéreau. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potereau? popularity and diffusion
Potereau is the 703,644th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potereau are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Potereau is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 413 people, or 1 in 160,830. In France it is most common in: Pays de la Loire, where 54 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 19 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 10 percent are found. Apart from France this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potéreau | 96 | 1 | / |
| Poterau | 93 | 1 | / |
| Patereau | 88 | 135 | / |
| Petereau | 88 | 96 | / |
| Potera | 86 | 1,866 | / |
| Poutareau | 82 | 1 | / |
| Patereaux | 82 | 1 | / |
| Poteras | 80 | 323 | / |
| Paterau | 80 | 296 | / |
| Poteraş | 80 | 124 | / |
| Pothera | 80 | 68 | / |
| Postera | 80 | 51 | / |
| Poteraș | 80 | 32 | / |
| Poetera | 80 | 19 | / |
| Poterat | 80 | 9 | / |
| Patereu | 80 | 8 | / |
| Pottera | 80 | 2 | / |
| Poterah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poteira | 80 | 1 | / |
| Potherat | 75 | 315 | / |
| Potterat | 75 | 182 | / |
| Posteira | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poiteras | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poiterat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Posteras | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poterash | 75 | 1 | / |
| Putera | 71 | 6,310 | / |
| Patera | 71 | 3,053 | / |
| Petera | 71 | 1,242 | / |
| Potyra | 71 | 715 | / |
| Potero | 71 | 55 | / |
| Potara | 71 | 52 | / |
| Potora | 71 | 40 | / |
| Potira | 71 | 10 | / |
| Poteră | 71 | 4 | / |
| Potěra | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pútera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pastera | 67 | 2,612 | / |
| Pateras | 67 | 1,297 | / |
| Paterra | 67 | 505 | / |
| Peteira | 67 | 230 | / |
| Pothora | 67 | 161 | / |
| Pettera | 67 | 157 | / |
| Pateira | 67 | 150 | / |
| Paterou | 67 | 91 | / |
| Potirat | 67 | 91 | / |
| Postero | 67 | 81 | / |
| Puthera | 67 | 57 | / |
| Pattera | 67 | 38 | / |
| Pathera | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pothara | 67 | 22 | / |
| Puttera | 67 | 22 | / |
| Patiera | 67 | 16 | / |
| Pottero | 67 | 13 | / |
| Poetara | 67 | 11 | / |
| Peterra | 67 | 11 | / |
| Potiora | 67 | 6 | / |
| Puterah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Potisra | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pataera | 67 | 4 | / |
| Postira | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pothero | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pootara | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petaera | 67 | 2 | / |
| Potirad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petiera | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poteros | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peteura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poteiro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pothira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Photira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potiras | 67 | 1 | / |
| Posterà | 67 | 1 | / |
| Photora | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peteyra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paterad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paatera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patehra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pottira | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Potereau
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