Potok Surname

256,892nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Potok Surname Definition:

(from a place name) Either a specific reference to Potok Zloty (Golden River), a town in eastern Galicia, or a reference to a number of places which have the word Potok (“river”) in them.

Potok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland7351:51,7138,151
United States3691:982,27472,839
Israel761:112,60012,624
Turkey501:1,556,42859,823
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Russia401:3,603,076182,447
Slovakia321:166,76429,092
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Ukraine261:1,750,873130,688
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Italy151:4,077,113105,022
France141:4,744,480251,814
England131:4,286,005132,302
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Potok (78) may also be a first name.

Potok Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) Either a specific reference to Potok Zloty (Golden River), a town in eastern Galicia, or a reference to a number of places which have the word Potok (“river”) in them.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Potok Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potok (Russian: Поток) is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Potok.

How Common Is The Last Name Potok? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 256,892nd most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,750,682 people. The last name Potok is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Potok live; 54 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,091,646th most common first name throughout the world, held by 78 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Poland, where it is carried by 735 people, or 1 in 51,713. Aside from Poland it exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Israel, where 5 percent live.

Potok Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Potok has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Potok surname rose 5,271 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Potok Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Potok last name are 4.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.89% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Potok earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 10.13% more than the national average, earning $47,519 USD per year and in Canada they earn 64.38% more than the national average, earning $81,668 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potock9157/
Pottok9119/
Potoke915/
Podtok914/
Postok913/
Photok911/
Pottock8323/
Poutouk834/
Potocke831/
Phottok831/
Potuk801,225/
Patok80883/
Potak80573/
Petok80230/
Potoc8066/
Putok8060/
Poták803/
Potog801/
Potokova77107/
Potoková7722/
Postoukh779/
Pohtoske771/
Pathok731,103/
Patock73330/
Petock73188/
Pattok7386/
Potack7376/
Potakh7375/
Patoke7345/
Postuk7345/
Pottak7335/
Potuck7331/
Photak7310/
Potake739/
Podtuk734/
Potask733/
Pothak733/
Potocs733/
Potakk731/
Potuzk731/
Phatok731/
Posták731/
Potockova714/
Potokhova711/
Puttock671,815/
Poitoux67355/
Pattock67146/
Phottak6764/
Poutoux6761/
Phathok6720/
Phothak6718/
Potoque678/
Peetook678/
Pustoke676/
Pathoke675/
Pochtak674/
Potukhe673/
Postukh673/
Pusztok672/
Pastock672/
Poothog671/
Photoog671/
Potakhe671/
Patokhe671/
Patouke671/
Petoukh671/
Potogue671/
Poutake671/
Patooks671/

Potok Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potok in the Russian language
Потокpotok-

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