Potoshina Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Potoshina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potoshina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Potoshina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potoshina (Russian: Потошина) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potoshina? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Potoshina are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Russia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 5,337,891. In Russia it is most frequent in: Arkhangelsk Oblast, where 37 percent are found, Stavropol Krai, where 33 percent are found and Moscow, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Potoshina Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Potoshina in the Russian language
Потошинаpotosina-

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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
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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 Potoshina
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