Potterill Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Potterill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potterill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa591:918,26658,838
England431:1,295,76958,667
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748

Potterill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potterill occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Potterill.

How Common Is The Last Name Potterill? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,785,358th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Potterill occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Potterill are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 56 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 918,266. In South Africa Potterill is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 71 percent live, Western Cape, where 8 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 7 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 41 percent live and Wales, where 3 percent live.

Potterill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Potterill has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Potterill surname expanded 205 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Potterill Last Name Statistics demography

Potterill earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.27% more than the national average, earning R 342,852 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 Potterill
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