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 last name Potinger is found most frequently in Jamaica. It can also occur as: Pötinger. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potinger? popularity and diffusion
The surname Potinger is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Potinger are found; 50 percent are found in Caribbean and 50 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.
The last name is most frequently used in Jamaica, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 1,434,974. In Jamaica it is most numerous in: Middlesex County, where 50 percent are found and Surrey County, where 50 percent are found. Barring Jamaica it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Potinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Potinger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Potinger surname decreased 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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