Potestia Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Belgium

Potestia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Potestia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy391:1,568,12082,279
Belgium331:348,38338,592
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Potestia (16) may also be a first name.

Potestia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potestia is more frequently found in Italy than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potestia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,203,767th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. Potestia occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Potestia reside; 53 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 53 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 16 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Italy, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,568,120. In Italy Potestia is most numerous in: Sicily, where 92 percent reside, Piedmont, where 5 percent reside and Tuscany, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Italy it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 45 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potestio88595/
Postestio821/
Patetia801/
Patistia751/
Petestio751/
Patietia751/
Phothitia7161/
Pastetio6313/
Patetios633/
Pastiteo50134/
Pasteteo5082/
Patistea5026/
Pastitio501/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Potestia
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