Potzesny Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
England

Potzesny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potzesny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
England91:6,190,895170,599

Potzesny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Potzesny is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Potzesny click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potzesny? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Potzesny is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potzesny are found; 57 percent are found in Western Europe and 57 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Potzesny is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 67 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 25 percent reside and Saxony, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Germany Potzesny occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 43 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pozesny9312/
Poczesny8840/
Pocesny806/
Paczesny75637/
Poczesna7535/
Pociesny7520/
Pocessny752/
Peczesny751/
Pochesnyi7116/
Pochesnyy717/
Pozene711/
Pochesney710/
Phozeni6712/
Potsene679/
Pozzeni671/
Potsini671/
Poceßny671/
Pacesny671/
Pochesnaya671/
Poizeni671/
Patchesney670/

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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 Potzesny
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