Potoč Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Potoč Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 24 | 1:222,352 | 35,659 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
The alternate forms: Potoc (66) are calculated separately.
Potoč Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potoč Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potoč occurs more in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Potoc. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potoč? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potoč live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 222,352. In Slovakia Potoč is mostly found in: Nitra Region, where 63 percent reside, Žilina Region, where 29 percent reside and Bratislava Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Slovakia Potoč exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 33 percent reside and Croatia, where 10 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Potoč
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