Potirniche Surname

415,025th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 839 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Potirniche Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potirniche Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania7381:27,2063,471
Moldova901:39,5716,032
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Potîrniche (243) are calculated separately.

Potirniche Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potirniche occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Potîrniche. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Potirniche? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 415,025th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,685,990 people. The surname Potirniche is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Potirniche live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name Potirniche is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 738 people, or 1 in 27,206. In Romania Potirniche is most prevalent in: Vrancea County, where 25 percent live, Buzău County, where 19 percent live and Galați County, where 15 percent live. Beside Romania Potirniche occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Potirniche Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Potirniche last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Potirniche earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

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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 Potirniche
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