Pöttgens Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Pöttgens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 59 | 1:1,364,499 | 85,126 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Pottgens (46) are calculated separately.
Pöttgens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pöttgens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pöttgens is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Pottgens. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pöttgens.
How Common Is The Last Name Pöttgens? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,203,767th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöttgens are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Pöttgens is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 1,364,499. In Germany Pöttgens is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent live and Hesse, where 10 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 19 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottgens | 96 | 46 | / |
| Pötgens | 93 | 23 | / |
| Poettgens | 82 | 15 | / |
| Potgens | 80 | 55 | / |
| Pösgens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pötgensová | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pettiens | 75 | 32 | / |
| Poetgens | 75 | 12 | / |
| Patjens | 67 | 406 | / |
| Potiens | 67 | 63 | / |
| Potjens | 67 | 31 | / |
| Patiens | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peetjens | 63 | 30 | / |
| Potehins | 63 | 8 | / |
| Pethienss | 59 | 1 | / |
| Pesens | 57 | 19 | / |
| Pasens | 57 | 15 | / |
| Pesins | 57 | 4 | / |
| Paesens | 53 | 46 | / |
| Paezens | 53 | 7 | / |
| Petyins | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pezzins | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pozzens | 53 | 1 | / |
| Patains | 53 | 1 | / |
| Patoins | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pathins | 53 | 0 | / |
| Paehsens | 50 | 3 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pöttgens
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