Potignat Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Potignat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 71 | 1:935,531 | 107,040 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Potignat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potignat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potignat is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potignat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potignat reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 935,531. In France it is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 99 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 1 percent reside. Barring France Potignat is found in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Potignat
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