Potoms Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Potoms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potoms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2401:47,9037,795
France51:13,284,544357,392
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Potoms Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potoms occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potoms? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,017,412th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Potoms live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Potoms is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 47,903. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Belgium it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postoms920/
Potums83193/
Potons833/
Postons7736/
Photons774/
Postums771/
Peetooms7117/
Potamshe715/
Potans677/
Patons672/
Postans62569/
Patumse6219/
Potanse6215/
Pathams628/
Pattams621/
Patoins621/
Pastons621/
Pattons620/
Poitans620/
Poitgans571/
Patamshe571/
Pathamshe531/

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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 Potoms
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