Potstra Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Potstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Canada141:2,631,828153,264

Potstra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potstra is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potstra? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Potstra is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Potstra reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 938,176. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Friesland, where 72 percent live, Groningen, where 22 percent live and Drenthe, where 6 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 44 percent live.

Potstra Last Name Statistics demography

Potstra earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 4.68% more than the national average, earning $52,008 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postra926/
Petstra8671/
Postrat860/
Postrach80573/
Postrash80117/
Poistras802/
Pastra77426/
Podstrach752/
Pastras71613/
Postros7140/
Pastraa716/
Pasthra713/
Pastrat712/
Pastrau711/
Pastrea711/
Poistro711/
Postrro711/
Pásztrai6730/
Postroth671/
Postrosh671/
Pasztrai671/
Postreich6335/
Pastro621,858/
Pastros5718/
Pastrey573/
Pastreis5333/
Pastrosz531/
Pastreich5047/

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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 Potstra
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