Potsey Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Potsey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Potsey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potsey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potsey (Russian: Поцей) is found most in Australia. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Potsey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Potsey occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Potsey live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles.
This surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,999,522. In Australia Potsey is most common in: Western Australia, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Australia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 38 percent are found and Russia, where 17 percent are found.
Potsey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Potsey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Potsey last name declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Potsey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Potsey in the Russian language | ||
| Поцей | pocej | - |
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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
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- 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 Potsey
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