Potosky Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Potosky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potosky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3891:931,77169,805
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Potosky Last Name Facts

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

Potosky is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potosky? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 678,631st most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Potosky live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 389 people, or 1 in 931,771. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 19 percent live, Indiana, where 13 percent live and New Jersey, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live.

Potosky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Potosky has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,945 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Potosky Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Potosky surname are 19.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.96% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Potosky earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.35% more than the national average, earning $48,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning $49,611 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
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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 Potosky
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