Potgeiter Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Potgeiter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Potgeiter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potgeiter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potgeiter occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Potgeiter.
How Common Is The Last Name Potgeiter? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potgeiter is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 36 percent of Potgeiter reside; 36 percent reside in Southern Africa and 36 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Potgeiter is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 25 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent live. Beside South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and England, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potgeitger | 95 | 1 | / |
| Potgeieter | 95 | 1 | / |
| Potgeter | 94 | 247 | / |
| Potgiter | 94 | 6 | / |
| Potgieter | 89 | 57,256 | / |
| Potgetter | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pottgether | 84 | 21 | / |
| Hpotgieter | 84 | 1 | / |
| Potgioeter | 84 | 1 | / |
| Potigieter | 84 | 1 | / |
| Pottgieter | 84 | 1 | / |
| Potgietr | 82 | 2 | / |
| Potieter | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pottegieter | 80 | 7 | / |
| Batugedera | 53 | 2 | / |
| Pattyyother | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pitiegedara | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Potgeiter
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