Potočar Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Potočar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 355 | 1:7,008 | 1,558 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
The alternate forms: Potočár (270) & Potocar (95) are calculated separately.
Potočar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potočar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potočar is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Potočár or Potocar. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potočar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 758,524th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potočar reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Potočar is most commonly used in Slovenia, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 7,008. In Slovenia Potočar is mostly concentrated in: Southeast Slovenia, where 60 percent reside, Central Slovenia, where 28 percent reside and Upper Carniola, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Slovenia Potočar occurs in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potočár | 95 | 270 | / |
| Potocar | 95 | 95 | / |
| Potočarova | 82 | 1 | / |
| Potochar | 80 | 65 | / |
| Potocsar | 80 | 13 | / |
| Pottocar | 80 | 4 | / |
| Potociar | 80 | 3 | / |
| Potocarova | 71 | 10 | / |
| Potasar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potocsár | 67 | 24 | / |
| Potassar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potassor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potheciar | 63 | 1 | / |
| Phothasart | 59 | 1 | / |
| Patasar | 57 | 36 | / |
| Putacar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Patucar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Poottachart | 56 | 1 | / |
| Patasart | 53 | 2 | / |
| Pathasar | 53 | 2 | / |
| Pattasar | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pattasart | 50 | 4 | / |
| Pattasare | 50 | 2 | / |
| Pathasart | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Potočar
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