Potinger Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Potinger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
The alternate forms: Pötinger (1) are calculated separately.
Potinger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potinger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potinger is most common in Jamaica. It can also be found as a variant: Pötinger. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potinger? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Potinger is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Potinger reside; 50 percent reside in Caribbean and 50 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean.
This last name is most frequent in Jamaica, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 1,434,974. In Jamaica Potinger is most prevalent in: Middlesex County, where 50 percent reside and Surrey County, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Jamaica this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.
Potinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Potinger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Potinger last name declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Potinger
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