Potreck Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Potreck Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 342 | 1:235,396 | 25,969 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Potreck Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potreck Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potreck is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potreck? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 809,613th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name Potreck is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Potreck are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 235,396. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 47 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 12 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Potreck
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