Potkonen Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Potkonen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potkonen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland651:84,5659,027
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Pötkönen (1) are calculated separately.

Potkonen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potkonen is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Pötkönen. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potkonen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,931,261st most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Potkonen reside; 82 percent reside in Northern Europe and 82 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most prevalent in Finland, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 84,565. In Finland it is most numerous in: North Karelia, where 54 percent are found, Pirkanmaa, where 17 percent are found and Central Finland, where 11 percent are found. Beside Finland this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 11 percent are found and Sweden, where 10 percent are found.

Potkonen Last Name Statistics demography

Potkonen earn less than half the average income. In Canada they earn 58.66% less than the national average, earning $20,540 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pötkönen921/
Putkonen881,488/
Poikonen88947/
Pakonen80206/
Pokonin8016/
Pakkonen75141/
Poskonin75107/
Pokonina7513/
Paakonen752/
Pakonien751/
Paakkonen71473/
Paukkonen71311/
Poukkanen7134/
Pakonienė715/
Pokhonina711/
Pakanen67460/
Pakonin6711/
Pokanem673/
Pokanin671/
Patkūnienė671/
Paakkkonen671/
Pakkanen632,105/
Petkanin6332/
Pakanien6328/
Paskonin6326/
Paakanen6319/
Pakhonin6319/
Pahkanen6310/
Pakonina637/
Packanen634/
Paskonyn633/
Pakonyna632/
Poqonina631/
Paakkanen59350/
Pakhonina5939/
Pakhonyna592/
Pakanin5313/
Pocanin537/
Pacanen532/
Pakhanin504/
Pakkanem501/
Pakanina501/
Paskanin501/
Pocanina501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Potkonen
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