Potesta Surname

410,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 851 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Peru

Potesta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potesta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3201:1,132,68481,515
Italy2401:254,82034,014
Peru1621:196,1989,158
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
England81:6,964,757184,742
France51:13,284,544357,392
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Potestà (24) & Potestá (5) are calculated separately.

Potesta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potesta is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Potestà or Potestá. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potesta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Potesta is the 410,325th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,563,509 people. The last name Potesta is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Potesta live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Potesta is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 1,132,684. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Florida, where 14 percent are found, West Virginia, where 13 percent are found and Illinois, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 28 percent are found and Peru, where 19 percent are found.

Potesta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Potesta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Potesta surname expanded 3,556 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Potesta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Potesta surname are 30.7% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.93% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Potesta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 31.27% less than the national average, earning €20,639 per year; in Peru they earn 207.09% more than the national average, earning S/. 59,530 per year; in United States they earn 6.6% more than the national average, earning $45,995 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.97% less than the national average, earning $42,741 CAD 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 Potesta
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