Poterfield Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Poterfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poterfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

Poterfield Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poterfield is found most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poterfield? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. Poterfield is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Poterfield live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 16,475,406. In The United States Poterfield is most frequent in: Arkansas, where 14 percent are found, Alabama, where 9 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States it is found in one country. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 27 percent are found.

Poterfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Poterfield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Poterfield surname contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Poterfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Poterfield surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Poterfield earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.65% less than the national average, earning $23,451 USD per year.

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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 Poterfield
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