Potkowski Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Potkowski Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 80 | 1:475,109 | 47,696 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Potkowski Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potkowski Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potkowski is found most frequently in Poland. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Potkowski.
How Common Is The Last Name Potkowski? popularity and diffusion
The surname Potkowski is the 2,047,559th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Potkowski are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 475,109. Apart from Poland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Potkowski
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