Potes Surname

44,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,581 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Potes Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a little town in Spain called Potes.

Potes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia6,6481:7,186909
Ecuador1,7121:9,2911,506
Philippines8981:112,73719,494
Argentina6351:67,3125,749
United States5011:723,47156,884
Spain3071:152,28711,229
Portugal2831:36,8142,219
Panama2321:16,8631,212
Venezuela981:308,2057,027
Belarus501:190,02124,552
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Mexico221:5,642,10030,806
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
France141:4,744,480251,814
Ukraine101:4,552,270216,874
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
India51:153,413,076951,030
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:635,68042,122

Potes (16) may also be a first name.

Potes Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a little town in Spain called Potes.

- germandavid85

Potes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potes (Marathi: पॉटीस, Russian: Потес) is most common in Colombia. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 44,851st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 629,267 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Potes live; 79 percent live in South America and 58 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.

It is most frequently held in Colombia, where it is held by 6,648 people, or 1 in 7,186. In Colombia it is most frequent in: Valle del Cauca Department, where 47 percent are found, Chocó Department, where 16 percent are found and Atlántico Department, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Colombia it is found in 43 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 15 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.

Potes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Potes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Potes surname increased 634 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Potes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (80%) in Belarus.

In The United States those bearing the Potes surname are 24.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.13% registered with the party.

The amount Potes earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 5.31% less than the national average, earning $21,497,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.76% more than the national average, earning $46,067 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.1% less than the national average, earning $40,192 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pottes91170/
Poetes9178/
Postes9132/
Poteas9118/
Potesz9118/
Poties9117/
Poytes9115/
Potess9110/
Poites9110/
Poteis919/
Potest913/
Pootes912/
Poutes912/
Potesh912/
Photes912/
Pothes911/
Potese911/
Poteus910/
Pote8946,429/
Pouytes83124/
Potties832/
Postese832/
Poeytes831/
Phootes831/
Potteys830/
Pates803,018/
Potet801,408/
Poste801,341/
Poter801,165/
Petes801,044/
Potte80797/
Potey80775/
Potie80696/
Potez80640/
Potec80542/
Potee80523/
Potea80316/
Potje80308/
Poite80269/
Pothe80268/
Potis80264/
Poute80250/
Potei80164/
Poteh80122/
Poote8061/
Putes8053/
Potys8031/
Phote8028/
Potej8011/
Potex8011/
Poteć807/
Pfote806/
Ppote804/
Pozte803/
Potež803/
Potge803/
Poted802/
Podte801/
Poyte801/
Pohte801/
Pätes801/
Potep801/
Potée801/
Bpote801/
Potthest773/
Potesova771/
Poythess771/
Pouthies770/
Potter73176,050/
Poteet735,962/
Poteat734,380/
Poster732,382/
Pottie731,509/
Pethes73763/
Potiez73641/
Pettes73537/
Paties73514/
Pateis73375/
Postea73329/
Pooter73323/
Photis73297/
Potysz73284/
Pothet73263/
Pastes73263/
Poiter73249/
Potetz73237/
Pouthe73188/
Poutet73161/
Poitte73142/
Pottez73120/
Pohteh73116/
Podtep7379/
Poteah7371/
Pateas7370/
Potish7366/
Postis7352/
Pattes7351/
Pooteh7351/
Pother7346/
Pothee7346/
Potecz7339/
Pautes7338/
Poutei7333/
Petesh7326/
Pottey7325/
Poshte7325/
Pfotte7325/
Phothe7325/
Peetes7319/
Postey7317/
Patesh7316/
Poterr7314/
Potted7314/
Pothis7313/
Phoste7312/
Petehs7312/
Pochte7312/
Potysh7311/
Petesz7310/
Poutis7310/
Posted7310/
Photee7310/
Pottet738/
Poiteh738/
Pouter737/
Pootee737/
Poothe736/
Postei736/
Poteha735/
Poteer735/
Peteis735/
Pottee735/
Poëtte735/
Phoite735/
Poyter734/
Phates734/
Pathes734/
Poetis734/
Poitis734/
Patese734/
Peutes734/
Peteus734/
Patesr733/
Photie733/
Puttes733/
Postet733/
Poutie732/
Phetes732/
Posteh732/
Potehe732/
Potett732/
Postte732/
Pottis732/
Potech732/
Pouteh732/
Pootje732/
Poutte732/
Poștea732/
Petess732/
Pateus732/
Photed732/
Pothep732/
Pohtea732/
Posthe731/
Poteac731/
Potead731/
Poteax731/
Poteec731/
Potteh731/
Pottys731/
Patest731/
Pfoute731/
Peteas731/
Petees731/
Photte731/
Potist731/
Pateys731/
Poutee731/
Patehs731/
Pete's731/
Poiteu731/
Poitie731/
Pötges731/
Puztes731/
Potois731/
Pothez731/
Pothée731/
Pouteu731/
Poutge731/
Poutée731/
Potieh731/
Potiss731/
Pothed731/
Photep731/
Phoote731/
Pohter731/
Podter731/
Potice730/
Puotte730/
Poteed730/
Paetes730/
Potise730/
Patges730/
Podtesova7127/
Poteshova711/
Phoythest711/
Pate6754,228/
Pota679,727/
Poti674,922/
Poty671,410/
Pottiez671,383/
Petties67963/
Petesch67663/
Poustis67508/
Phothep67191/
Pfoster67133/
Potysch67107/
Pochter67100/
Potiche67100/
Poutays6780/
Poister6775/
Poté6770/
Pattesh6746/
Pottish6733/
Potisch6732/
Pottios6731/
Pothuis6728/
Patheis6726/
Photios6721/
Phoster6716/
Postais6716/
Posster6714/
Pautets6714/
Puteets6713/
Poteche6713/
Potteet6712/
Pouster679/
Poitter678/
Posther677/
Potteth677/
Pâte677/
Potterr675/
Phothet675/
Poshteh674/
Pasteis673/
Postysh673/
Poshter673/
Pateise673/
Pétesch673/
Poutios673/
Potteah673/
Patties672/
Puchtes672/
Puotter672/
Patteys672/
Petteus672/
Poyster672/
Pouthet672/
Pouteix672/
Posteat671/
Posthey671/
Pothish671/
Pottett671/
Poothee671/
Pattees671/
Pautges671/
Poutedj671/
Pouther671/
Phoutep671/
Phother671/
Pojtysz671/
Poddter671/
Potè671/
Potí671/
Pouteha671/
Pouthje671/
Pouytès671/
Pottetz671/
Poothep671/
Pothiez671/
Phaetes671/
Poythep671/
Phettes671/
Photiey671/
Photoey671/
Phothee671/
Phooted671/
Poostep671/
Poutter670/
Poother670/
Petteis670/
Pohster670/
Potteer670/
Pooster670/
Poteett670/
Patesch670/
Posttey670/
Pottech670/
Photter670/

Potes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potes in the Marathi language
पॉटीसpotisa-
Potes in the Russian language
Потесpotes-

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