Poturniak Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Poturniak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 32 | 1:1,422,584 | 115,871 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poturniak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poturniak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poturniak is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poturniak? popularity and diffusion
Poturniak is the 2,979,664th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. Poturniak occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Poturniak live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 74 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 1,422,584. In Ukraine Poturniak is primarily found in: Ternopil Oblast, where 84 percent are found, Chernivtsi Oblast, where 3 percent are found and Kherson Oblast, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Ukraine Poturniak occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Poturniak
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