van Potten Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
van Potten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
van Potten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Potten Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Potten is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Potten? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Potten live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 649,507. In The Netherlands van Potten is most common in: South Holland, where 42 percent are found, Friesland, where 38 percent are found and North Holland, where 19 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Putten | 90 | 5,809 | / |
| Van Patten | 90 | 722 | / |
| van Petten | 90 | 280 | / |
| van Pütten | 90 | 6 | / |
| van Pattenk | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Pattent | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Peetten | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Paten | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Puten | 84 | 0 | / |
| Van-Putten | 80 | 22 | / |
| Van-Patten | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Puuten | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Putten | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Pettin | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Pattin | 80 | 0 | / |
| von Patten | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Pong | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Poon | 78 | 0 | / |
| von Pfetten | 76 | 15 | / |
| van Phong | 74 | 8 | / |
| van Pasen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Poong | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Posen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Pan | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Passen | 70 | 104 | / |
| van Paasen | 70 | 101 | / |
| van Phuong | 70 | 35 | / |
| van Paassen | 67 | 1,154 | / |
| van Phan | 67 | 49 | / |
| van Pang | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Pane | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Paasschen | 61 | 57 | / |
| van Pam | 59 | 1 | / |
| van Pham | 56 | 191 | / |
| Van-Phan | 56 | 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
- 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 van Potten
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