Potáč Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Potáč Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potáč Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia241:443,06148,767
Slovakia71:762,35073,078

The alternate forms: Potač (17) & Potac (17) are calculated separately.

Potáč Last Name Facts

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

Potáč is most common in Czechia. It may also occur as: Potač or Potac. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potáč? popularity and diffusion

The last name Potáč is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potáč live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Czechia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 443,061. In Czechia it is most frequent in: Prague, where 33 percent live, Zlín Region, where 25 percent live and Hradec Králové Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Czechia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 23 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potač9317/
Potac8717/
Potoč8042/
Potáš8014/
Patáč807/
Potás801/
Potáčová7738/
Postás7381/
Pota679,727/
Poto677,289/
Potó6764/
Pátá6737/
Patá672/
Potásch671/

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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 Potáč
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