Potié Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Potié Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potié Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France761:873,983102,402
Belgium251:459,86646,150
England71:7,959,723202,100
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Potie (696) are calculated separately.

Potié Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potié occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Potie. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potié? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,691,963rd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Potié are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 873,983. In France Potié is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 36 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 24 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside. Excluding France it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 22 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Potié Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Potié has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potie93696/
Pottié9157/
Pottiée831/
Potji805/
Potyé802/
Potée801/
Poteé801/
Potier7317,994/
Pottie731,509/
Potiez73641/
Potiua7371/
Postie7336/
Potiha7319/
Poties7317/
Poetie7313/
Postji733/
Photie733/
Poutie732/
Potjie731/
Potieh731/
Pottiè731/
Poutée731/
Pothée731/
Poitie731/
Potyie731/
Potija731/
Potiet730/
Pottier6717,998/
Pothier677,570/
Poitier671,803/
Pottiez671,383/
Poutier67695/
Poustie67695/
Photyoi67466/
Postier67386/
Potijit677/
Potties672/
Potiher672/
Photjit672/
Photjai671/
Poityie671/
Posties671/
Pottiee671/
Pottiet671/
Pothiez671/
Photiey671/
Pootjai671/

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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 Potié
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