Potteau Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Potteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1711:388,43757,373
Belgium631:182,48624,456
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Potteau Last Name Facts

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

Potteau is most common in France. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Potteau? popularity and diffusion

Potteau is the 1,052,587th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. Potteau occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Potteau reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 388,437. In France it is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 40 percent are found, Centre-Val de Loire, where 22 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 13 percent are found. Outside of France this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potteaux937/
Poteaux86276/
Potheau8677/
Poiteau8651/
Petteau8642/
Posteau8628/
Poyteau8620/
Patteau862/
Poteaut861/
Putteau861/
Potta836,913/
Potau83207/
Poiteaux80180/
Pouteaux8081/
Pouyteau8035/
Posteaux8024/
Patteaux803/
Potthaus801/
Pottas77935/
Photta77224/
Potaux77168/
Poitau7798/
Pottaa7765/
Poetta7736/
Potaud7723/
Pottou7716/
Poutta7713/
Pootta779/
Pottah778/
Pattau777/
Pottha776/
Patteu771/
Petteu771/
Poiteu771/
Pouteu771/
Postau771/
Pota739,727/
Pasteau71468/
Phottha71391/
Puteaux71241/
Pottash7194/
Pothaut7132/
Pothaud7131/
Phottat7115/
Pottath7114/
Pateaud719/
Potthas718/
Phattau714/
Pottatz712/
Poottha712/
Pauteau711/
Pateaux711/
Peuteau711/
Postaux711/
Poutaud711/
Potthoa711/
Pothaus710/
Putta6738,200/
Patta6717,287/
Petta677,262/
Potot676,426/
Potthast674,429/
Posta674,042/
Poeta673,410/
Potha672,557/
Potas67875/
Potap67875/
Patau67570/
Poota67533/
Phota67347/
Potaś67346/
Pouta67289/
Potto67214/
Potad67159/
Poita67154/
Poyta67146/
Potat67131/
Potou67107/
Pateu67103/
Peteu6783/
Potga6763/
Potaş6762/
Photthat6750/
Potaš6746/
Pätau6733/
Putau6725/
Potah6721/
Potač6717/
Pojta6716/
Potaz6715/
Potoa6714/
Pottasch6711/
Potaa677/
Posthaus676/
Peauteau674/
Pétta674/
Poşta674/
Podta673/
Phattaud673/
Poșta673/
Postaush672/
Pateault672/
Phoottha672/
Puota671/
Phouttha671/
Pötau671/
Putheaud671/
Pozta671/
Potuo671/
Pohta671/
Potthass670/
Pothhaus670/

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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 Potteau
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