Potjans Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Potjans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 59 | 1:1,364,499 | 85,126 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Potjans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potjans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potjans is found most in Germany. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potjans? popularity and diffusion
The last name Potjans is the 2,352,516th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Potjans occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potjans are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 1,364,499. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent live, Hesse, where 10 percent live and Bavaria, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany Potjans exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 9 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.
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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
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