Potsiou Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Potsiou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Potsiou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece321:346,24348,387
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

Potsiou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potsiou is more commonly found in Greece than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potsiou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Potsiou is the 3,323,005th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Potsiou reside; 94 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

Potsiou is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 346,243. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: Central Greece, where 69 percent live, Attica, where 13 percent live and Thessaly, where 13 percent live. Excluding Greece it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live and Montenegro, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Photsiou931/
Posiou922/
Patsiou86307/
Petsiou86157/
Pousiou865/
Pasiou77168/
Posoiu7735/
Posoju771/
Poosoju7136/
Ppasiou7121/
Pasoiu62103/
Păşoiu6250/
Puicoiu5739/
Pușcoiu572/
Pouciau572/
Pouchaou5331/
Passou'ou501/
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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 Potsiou
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