Cotarcea Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Cotarcea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cotarcea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2071:96,99511,065
England21:27,859,030389,889
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Cotarcea Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cotarcea Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cotarcea is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Cotarcea click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cotarcea? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cotarcea is the 1,136,896th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. Cotarcea occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Cotarcea reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 96,995. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Dolj County, where 36 percent live, Mehedinți County, where 34 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 26 percent live. Other than Romania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Greece, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotarca937/
Cotorcea88210/
Cotarsa803/
Cotorce801/
Catarce801/
Chotarsa7569/
Catarcia7544/
Cotorcia7511/
Kotarche752/
Chatarjea713/
Catorce671,729/
Kotarsa67743/
Kotarja67665/
Catarci67621/
Cutarsa6729/
Caterce678/
Catarscaia676/
Kotarke675/
Kotarza671/
Kotarka671/
Kotarge671/

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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 Cotarcea
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