Pottharst Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pottharst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pottharst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Pottharst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pottharst is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Pottharst click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pottharst? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,736,881st most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Pottharst reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Pottharst is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,183,904. In Germany Pottharst is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 38 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent live. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Pottharst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pottharst has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 533 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pottharst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pottharst surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Pottharst earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.9% more than the national average, earning $60,795 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potharst94118/
Pothaarst891/
Potthorst890/
Pothorst8227/
Poitarst821/
Potars803/
Pottors753/
Postars752/
Pattars752/
Pottorss712/
Patars6711/
Pastars63744/
Peterst6316/
Patarss631/
Pattors630/
Pathorse594/
Pastorst590/
Pastors50472/
Patoors5013/
Petersd504/

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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 Pottharst
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