Potienko Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Potienko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potienko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia771:1,871,728119,355
Belarus111:863,73365,346
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

Potienko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potienko (Russian: Потиенко) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potienko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. Potienko is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Potienko are found; 78 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 78 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 1,871,728. In Russia it is most prevalent in: Moscow Oblast, where 19 percent are found, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 17 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 13 percent are found. Besides Russia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 12 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found.

Potienko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Potienko surname is principally Orthodox (78%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Potienko last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Communist Party Party than The US average, with 40% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Potienko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potienko in the Russian language
Потиенкоpotienko-

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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 Potienko
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