Potums Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Potums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1911:60,1929,694
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Potums Last Name Facts

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

The last name Potums occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Potums click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potums? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,214,709th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. Potums occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potums are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Potums is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 60,192. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 86 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Belgium this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postums921/
Potoms83249/
Potmis8319/
Potmas8310/
Potmsi831/
Potimas7792/
Potamos7784/
Podumis7732/
Potamis7721/
Patumse7719/
Potomis7717/
Potamus772/
Potmase772/
Potomus771/
Ptummas771/
Pothims771/
Patumas771/
Bottums770/
Petms732/
Potamias7167/
Patummas7141/
Biotumas7125/
Patoumas712/
Potamase712/
Patumsai711/
Pootamas711/
Botoumsi711/
Poteumussou711/
Poudames711/
Potamose711/
Potamisi711/
Pothamus710/
Pohtamus710/
Patmas67176/
Potamousi6753/
Padoms6731/
Podems6723/
Pudims6714/
Botems679/
Petmas674/
Potamassi674/
Patmus674/
Potons673/
Botoms672/
Ptamis671/
Ptomis671/
Potiwimas671/
Bottms671/
Patummass671/
Pitmas670/
Pothamise670/
Pitams670/
Photons624/
Patons502/

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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 Potums
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