Potfer Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Potfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France331:2,012,810168,616
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Potfer (15) may also be a first name.

Potfer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potfer (Russian: Потфер) occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potfer? popularity and diffusion

Potfer is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potfer live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 2,012,810. In France Potfer is most numerous in: Normandy, where 52 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 24 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 3 percent live. Not including France it occurs in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postfer921/
Pofer915/
Poffer83157/
Pofere835/
Phofer831/
Pofert831/
Poofer830/
Pofe808/
Pouffer773/
Potpher772/
Pophfer771/
Poiffer771/
Poffier771/
Pofferd770/
Phosfer770/
Phoffer770/
Poffe73320/
Pfofe7321/
Pafer7312/
Pofei7310/
Pofre736/
Pofey734/
Phofe733/
Pofet732/
Patfe731/
Poufe731/
Pofes730/
Poife730/
Pofie730/
Pouffier7166/
Pouffert712/
Poffet67589/
Potfaj67105/
Paffer6726/
Potfay6714/
Phafer671/
Powfeh671/
Poifey671/
Patfeu671/
Pouffe671/
Phofir670/
Popher670/
Pfafer670/

Potfer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potfer in the Russian language
Потферpotfer-

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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 Potfer
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