Potocek Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Potocek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potocek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

The alternate forms: Potoček (296) & Potôček (15) are calculated separately.

Potocek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potocek is most common in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Potoček or Potôček. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potocek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Potocek reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Potocek is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 3,588,702. In The United States Potocek is most numerous in: Maryland, where 13 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 13 percent reside and New Jersey, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 6 percent reside and Czechia, where 2 percent reside.

Potocek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Potocek last name are 46.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 93.75% being registered to vote for the party.

Potocek earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.16% less than the national average, earning $40,490 USD per year.

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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 Potocek
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