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
Potse is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potse? popularity and diffusion
Potse is the 443,594th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,464,345 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Potse live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Potse is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 25 people.
Potse is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 369 people, or 1 in 146,823. In South Africa Potse is most common in: Gauteng, where 46 percent live, Free State, where 27 percent live and North West, where 11 percent live. Beside South Africa it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 41 percent live and The Netherlands, where 8 percent live.
Potse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Potse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Potse last name decreased 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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