Potocnić Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Potocnić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 82 | 1:30,338 | 6,145 |
| Serbia | 6 | 1:1,190,825 | 29,487 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Potočnić (73) & Potocnic (6) are calculated separately.
Potocnić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potocnić Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potocnić occurs in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Potočnić or Potocnic. Click here for further potential spellings of Potocnić.
How Common Is The Last Name Potocnić? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,894,523rd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Potocnić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potocnić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 30,338. In Slovenia Potocnić is most common in: Central Slovenia, where 43 percent are found, Drava, where 21 percent are found and Savinja, where 13 percent are found. Besides Slovenia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 6 percent are found and Croatia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potočnić | 96 | 73 | / |
| Potocnic | 96 | 6 | / |
| Potocnik | 88 | 1,091 | / |
| Potochnik | 82 | 245 | / |
| Potochnic | 82 | 30 | / |
| Potocniak | 82 | 12 | / |
| Potocnick | 82 | 4 | / |
| Potocnnik | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ptocnik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Potochniak | 78 | 668 | / |
| Potochnick | 78 | 49 | / |
| Potočnik | 75 | 6,773 | / |
| Potocnak | 75 | 74 | / |
| Potochnak | 71 | 11 | / |
| Potocanac | 71 | 7 | / |
| Potkownik | 71 | 3 | / |
| Potochnyk | 71 | 3 | / |
| Potocnaka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potočniak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potachnik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ptacnik | 67 | 216 | / |
| Potochnyak | 67 | 53 | / |
| Potkonicky | 67 | 14 | / |
| Potachniuk | 67 | 10 | / |
| Potočnk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pyatochnik | 67 | 2 | / |
| Potgong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potcong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potochnyuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potkowniuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pticnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patcnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potachnick | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Potocnić
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