Pötz Surname
Approximately 1,117 people bear this surname
Pötz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 683 | 1:117,870 | 14,470 |
| Austria | 414 | 1:20,569 | 3,200 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Potz (1,084) are calculated separately.
Pötz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pötz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pötz occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Potz. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pötz? popularity and diffusion
Pötz is the 331,287th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,524,213 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pötz live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 683 people, or 1 in 117,870. In Germany Pötz is most common in: Hesse, where 45 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 37 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potz | 92 | 1,084 | / |
| Petz | 75 | 8,622 | / |
| Patz | 75 | 4,223 | / |
| Pätz | 75 | 1,719 | / |
| Pött | 75 | 22 | / |
| Pöcz | 75 | 8 | / |
| Pöth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pötzsch | 73 | 4,210 | / |
| Peetz | 67 | 5,163 | / |
| Paetz | 67 | 2,357 | / |
| Poetz | 67 | 373 | / |
| Paatz | 67 | 302 | / |
| Pöthe | 67 | 101 | / |
| Pöcze | 67 | 53 | / |
| Pötzsche | 67 | 36 | / |
| Puitz | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pohtz | 67 | 31 | / |
| Pettz | 67 | 27 | / |
| Pähtz | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pottz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Petcz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pätze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peztz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phatz | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pötz
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