Worldwide, Potgieter (Potgieter 
) is a very rare primarily male, but scarcely girly first name. The given name Potgieter is habitual in South Africa, where it is a very rare predominantly male, but scarcely female name, and China, where it is an extremely rare male name. Much more prevalently, Potgieter is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Potgieter | Namibia, Indonesia, South Africa, Kenya, Australia |
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benn potgieter South African actor, ZA |
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| ewart potgieter South African boxer, ZA (b. 1932) |
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| iskra potgieter researcher |
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| lohan potgieter South African rugby union player |
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| linke potgieter Ph.D. Universiteit Stellenbosch 2013 |
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| hein potgieter researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0911-4667) |
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| hein potgieter South African rugby union footballer, ZA (b. 1982) |
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| ewart potgieter South African rugby union player, ZA (b. 1998) |
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