Pottorff Surname

274,999th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pottorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pottorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4081:257,42824,349
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1911:262,92521,549

Pottorff Last Name Facts

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

Pottorff is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pottorff? popularity and diffusion

Pottorff is the 274,999th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,161,151 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Pottorff live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,408 people, or 1 in 257,428. In The United States Pottorff is most numerous in: California, where 10 percent are found, Missouri, where 10 percent are found and Colorado, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Pottorff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pottorff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pottorff surname rose 737 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pottorff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pottorff are 25.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.4% being registered to vote for the party.

Pottorff earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.07% more than the national average, earning $44,043 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pottourff941/
Pottorf93416/
Potorff932/
Potterff882/
Pattorff882/
Potturff881/
Pottorft881/
Pottorfe881/
Pottarff880/
Potorf865/
Potterf80236/
Poutorf801/
Pattorf800/
Pettorf800/
Pastorff758/
Pettorrf751/
Potarf7147/
Putorf710/
Petterf671/
Potterw670/
Pastorf670/
Patterf670/
Putarff670/
Pattarf670/
Petorv5769/
Peuturf530/
Phadtarf501/
Pasturfe500/

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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 Pottorff
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