Potignon Surname

706,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 416 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Potignon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potignon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4131:160,83025,023
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Potignon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potignon occurs most in France. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Potignon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 706,244th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,518,139 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potignon reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 413 people, or 1 in 160,830. In France it is mostly found in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 42 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 27 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside. Other than France it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 0 percent reside and Mexico, where 0 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
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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 Potignon
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