Pötsch Surname
Approximately 1,713 people bear this surname
Pötsch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,088 | 1:73,994 | 9,363 |
| Austria | 609 | 1:13,983 | 2,042 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Potsch (618) are calculated separately.
Pötsch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pötsch Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pötsch is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Potsch. Click here for other possible spellings of Pötsch.
How Common Is The Last Name Pötsch? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 234,998th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 4,254,259 people. The surname Pötsch is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pötsch reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,088 people, or 1 in 73,994. In Germany Pötsch is most numerous in: Brandenburg, where 21 percent are found, Bavaria, where 14 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 36 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potsch | 94 | 618 | / |
| Pötzsch | 92 | 4,210 | / |
| Pfötsch | 92 | 29 | / |
| Pötzsche | 86 | 36 | / |
| Petsch | 83 | 4,209 | / |
| Patsch | 83 | 1,342 | / |
| Pätsch | 83 | 601 | / |
| Pétsch | 83 | 18 | / |
| Pöch | 80 | 67 | / |
| Pötschová | 80 | 11 | / |
| Pöth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paetsch | 77 | 1,595 | / |
| Poetsch | 77 | 983 | / |
| Patzsch | 77 | 408 | / |
| Petzsch | 77 | 315 | / |
| Paatsch | 77 | 244 | / |
| Pfetsch | 77 | 198 | / |
| Potzsch | 77 | 48 | / |
| Peetsch | 77 | 40 | / |
| Peutsch | 77 | 24 | / |
| Petssch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pöche | 73 | 259 | / |
| Pöthe | 73 | 101 | / |
| Petsh | 73 | 12 | / |
| Patsh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Potsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poetzsch | 71 | 668 | / |
| Paatzsch | 71 | 106 | / |
| Pfoetsch | 71 | 2 | / |
| D'Paetsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patzsh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pötsch
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