Potoček Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Potoček Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potoček Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia2071:51,3698,619
Slovakia891:59,96011,562

The alternate forms: Potocek (115) & Potôček (15) are calculated separately.

Potoček Last Name Facts

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

Potoček occurs most in Czechia. It may also be rendered as: Potocek or Potôček. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potoček? popularity and diffusion

The surname Potoček is the 902,012th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potoček live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Czechia, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 51,369. In Czechia Potoček is primarily found in: Hradec Králové Region, where 44 percent live, Prague, where 16 percent live and Central Bohemian Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Czechia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Slovakia, where 30 percent live.

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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 Potoček
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