Potempa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Potempa.

Proper noun

Potempa (plural Potempas)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Potempa is the 41164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 529 individuals. Potempa is most common among White (95.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Potempa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Polish

Etymology

Variant of Potępa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈtɛm.pa/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpa
• Syllabification: Po‧tem‧pa
• Homophone: Potępa

Proper noun

Potempa m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Potempa

	singular	plural
nominative	Potempa	Potempowie
genitive	Potempy	Potempów
dative	Potempie	Potempom
accusative	Potempę	Potempów
instrumental	Potempą	Potempami
locative	Potempie	Potempach
vocative	Potempo	Potempowie

Proper noun

Potempa f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Potempa

	singular	plural
nominative	Potempa	Potempy
genitive	Potempy	Potemp
dative	Potempie	Potempom
accusative	Potempę	Potempy
instrumental	Potempą	Potempami
locative	Potempie	Potempach
vocative	Potempo	Potempy

Further reading

• “Potempa”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022