Potocny Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Potocny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potocny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Slovakia141:381,17550,143
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Potočny (5) & Potočný (356) are calculated separately.

Potocny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potocny is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Potočny or Potočný. Click here for other potential spellings of Potocny.

How Common Is The Last Name Potocny? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,034,059th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Potocny are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 6,143,372. In The United States Potocny is primarily found in: California, where 36 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 27 percent are found and Michigan, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Potocny Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Potocny are 30.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.92% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Potocny earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 3% more than the national average, earning $44,443 USD per year and in Canada they earn 80.68% more than the national average, earning $89,768 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 Potocny
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