Potse Surname
Approximately 770 people bear this surname
Potse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 369 | 1:146,823 | 16,737 |
| Lesotho | 312 | 1:6,515 | 1,369 |
| Netherlands | 59 | 1:286,223 | 34,881 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Potse (25) may also be a first name.
Potse Demographics
Average Potse Salary in
South Africa
R 126,312
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Potse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potse is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potse? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 443,594th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,464,345 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Potse are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name globally, held by 25 people.
The last name Potse is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 369 people, or 1 in 146,823. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 46 percent reside, Free State, where 27 percent reside and North West, where 11 percent reside. Other than South Africa it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 41 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside.
Potse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Potse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Potse last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Potse Last Name Statistics demography
Potse earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.85% less than the national average, earning R 126,312 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
- 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 Potse
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