Potgens Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Potgens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Pötgens (23) are calculated separately.
Potgens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potgens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potgens is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Pötgens. For other potential spellings of Potgens click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potgens? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Potgens are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 544,748. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Limburg, where 65 percent live, Overijssel, where 19 percent live and South Holland, where 16 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pötgens | 95 | 23 | / |
| Pottgens | 93 | 46 | / |
| Poetgens | 93 | 12 | / |
| Postgens | 93 | 5 | / |
| Poettgens | 88 | 15 | / |
| Potiens | 86 | 63 | / |
| Potjens | 86 | 31 | / |
| Pütgens | 86 | 18 | / |
| Pougens | 86 | 10 | / |
| Pöttgens | 80 | 74 | / |
| Potehins | 80 | 8 | / |
| Püttgens | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pagens | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pogins | 77 | 5 | / |
| Patjens | 71 | 406 | / |
| Pouzens | 71 | 95 | / |
| Poigins | 71 | 28 | / |
| Patiens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pozzens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pötgensová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pasteyns | 67 | 20 | / |
| Postains | 67 | 4 | / |
| Potience | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patiense | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Potgens
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