Potnić Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Potnić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potnić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289

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

Potnić Last Name Facts

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

Potnić is found most in Slovenia. It can be rendered as a variant: Potnic. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potnić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Potnić is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potnić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 1,243,838. In Slovenia Potnić is primarily concentrated in: Drava, where 50 percent reside and Savinja, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Slovenia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potnic941/
Ponić911/
Putnić8329/
Panić7316,097/
Ponic73117/
Poniz7366/
Paunić67910/
Ponitz67314/
Ponich67249/
Ponici67228/
Putnic67115/
Peunić6725/
Panđić6724/
Patnic6713/
Ponicz675/

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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 Potnić
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