Poturova Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Poturova Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poturova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Russia41:36,030,764577,589

Poturova Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poturova (Russian: Потурова) is carried by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poturova? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Poturova occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Poturova live; 50 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,744,726. In Bulgaria Poturova is most numerous in: Shumen Province, where 50 percent reside, Razgrad Province, where 25 percent reside and Sliven Province, where 25 percent reside. Not including Bulgaria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Podturova9443/
Poturov9314/
Peturova8883/
Paturova8865/
Podturov8818/
Potirova883/
Potorova882/
Posturov881/
Poturotv881/
Pasturova821/
Paturov8093/
Potur771,374/
Patorova7555/
Peturová7521/
Potorová7519/
Petirova756/
Paturová754/
Patirova753/
Pothur7169/
Pottur7147/
Poture718/
Postur716/
Poteur714/
Potgur711/
Potaur711/
Posture671,182/
Patorov6771/
Pothour6734/
Posteur6714/
Potthur675/
Pothure671/
Pothaur670/

Poturova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poturova in the Russian language
Потуроваpoturova-

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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 Poturova
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