Potgieter Surname

9,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57,256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Potgieter Surname Definition:

“One who Casts Pots” in Dutch. See also Kannemeyer.

Potgieter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa46,5531:1,164123
Mozambique7,4161:3,676846
Australia7881:34,2594,515
England5351:104,14610,930
Namibia3471:6,9441,358
Netherlands3391:49,8158,537
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
New Zealand2051:22,0893,870
United States1971:1,839,893120,150
Zimbabwe1221:126,54316,872
Swaziland1011:12,853583
Canada811:454,88439,362
Botswana391:56,07510,323
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Wales171:182,03112,022
Ireland121:392,41215,634
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
China71:195,331,65210,124
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
France61:11,070,454349,096
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha21:2,927156
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Macau11:601,6301,582
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Potgieter (21) may also be a first name.

Potgieter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“One who Casts Pots” in Dutch. See also Kannemeyer.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Potgieter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potgieter is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potgieter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 9,845th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 127,280 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Potgieter are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Potgieter is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 21 people.

Potgieter is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 46,553 people, or 1 in 1,164. In South Africa Potgieter is most common in: Gauteng, where 33 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 12 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 81 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 13 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Potgieter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Potgieter surname are 1.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.61% being registered with the party.

The amount Potgieter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.12% more than the national average, earning R 428,028 per year; in United States they earn 23.14% more than the national average, earning $53,133 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.19% less than the national average, earning $46,606 CAD per year.

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