Poterek Surname

454,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Poterek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poterek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland6021:63,1379,907
United States971:3,736,690206,520
England111:5,065,278148,650
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Poterek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poterek is more commonly found in Poland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poterek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 454,874th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,781,941 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Poterek live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Poland, where it is held by 602 people, or 1 in 63,137. Besides Poland this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Poterek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Poterek last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.5% registered with the political party.

The amount Poterek earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 9.06% more than the national average, earning $47,060 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.99% less than the national average, earning $24,844 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paterek863,169/
Peterek861,254/
Páterek8619/
Puterek8610/
Potorek863/
Potarek862/
Potyrek861/
Patereck8023/
Petereck8019/
Potiorek8014/
Pasterek802/
Pottorek801/
Posterick75167/
Potherick750/
Peterik71131/
Paterik71117/
Petýrek7194/
Patorek7139/
Peteryk7120/
Petyrek7119/
Paťorek7115/
Potarik7113/
Posterickg7110/
Patyrek718/
Patereková717/
Pateryk717/
Pátereková716/
Petereg714/
Patarek713/
Paterekova713/
Patirek711/
Poterikova711/
Paterick67162/
Peterick6764/
Pasterik6739/
Petterec6715/
Pasteryk6711/
Poteraychke6710/
Patharek675/
Potarick672/
Pastirek671/
Paterequ671/
Posteric671/

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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 Poterek
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