Potokin Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Potokin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potokin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5131:280,94229,114
Belarus281:339,32436,540
Kazakhstan151:1,178,83365,606
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859

Potokin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potokin (Russian: Потокин) is more commonly found in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potokin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 560,645th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Potokin live; 83 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Russia, where it is carried by 513 people, or 1 in 280,942. In Russia Potokin is mostly concentrated in: Moscow, where 12 percent live, Lipetsk Oblast, where 9 percent live and Orenburg Oblast, where 8 percent live. Other than Russia this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 5 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent live.

Potokin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Potokin surname are 0.22000000000001% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 46.55% being registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Potokin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potokin in the Russian language
Потокинpotokin-

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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
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  • 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 Potokin
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