Potocky Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Potocky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potocky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia431:124,10322,986
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
England31:18,572,686338,250
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Potocký (425) are calculated separately.

Potocky Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potocky is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Potocký. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potocky? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,551,568th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. Potocky is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Potocky live; 55 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 124,103. In Slovakia it is most frequent in: Nitra Region, where 58 percent live, Košice Region, where 21 percent live and Prešov Region, where 16 percent live. Barring Slovakia Potocky occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent live and Canada, where 23 percent live.

Potocky Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Potocky are 39.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.31% being registered with the party.

The amount Potocky earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.98% less than the national average, earning $36,685 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.17% more than the national average, earning $51,756 CAD 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 Potocky
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