Potevin Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Potevin Surname Definition:
POTVINE: A Poitevin, or native of Poitou. This name is found about Dover and Canterbury.
Potevin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 231 | 1:287,544 | 44,088 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Potevin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
POTVINE: A Poitevin, or native of Poitou. This name is found about Dover and Canterbury.
POITEVIN: A name given to a native of Poitou, France.
Potevin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potevin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potevin occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potevin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,052,587th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Potevin live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 287,544. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 33 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 20 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 11 percent live. Excluding France this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.
Potevin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Potevin has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Potevin last name declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poitevin | 93 | 5,083 | / |
| Pottevin | 93 | 65 | / |
| Poytevin | 93 | 39 | / |
| Pothevin | 93 | 4 | / |
| Poetevin | 93 | 4 | / |
| Potevien | 93 | 1 | / |
| Potevint | 93 | 1 | / |
| Postevin | 93 | 0 | / |
| Poittevin | 88 | 789 | / |
| Poitevint | 88 | 383 | / |
| Poitevien | 88 | 283 | / |
| Poetevien | 88 | 2 | / |
| Pottevijn | 88 | 1 | / |
| Potavin | 86 | 215 | / |
| Potovin | 86 | 24 | / |
| Potivin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Petevin | 86 | 0 | / |
| Poitevim | 80 | 14 | / |
| Potivine | 80 | 7 | / |
| Pautevin | 80 | 3 | / |
| Poiteven | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pottevyn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pottavin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Poitevent | 75 | 140 | / |
| Pativin | 71 | 10 | / |
| Petavin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Petovin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Patavin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Potovyn | 71 | 2 | / |
| Patovin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potiven | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pothoven | 67 | 763 | / |
| Poitivim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Patavain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pothaven | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poitivent | 63 | 3 | / |
| Potthoven | 63 | 1 | / |
| Phatavain | 63 | 1 | / |
| Patawen | 57 | 2 | / |
| Pataven | 57 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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