Potvain Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Potvain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 80 | 1:830,284 | 98,964 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Potvain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potvain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potvain is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potvain? popularity and diffusion
The surname Potvain is the 2,075,631st most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Potvain are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Potvain is most common in France, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 830,284. In France it is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 83 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 4 percent live. Excluding France it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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 Potvain
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