Parascanu Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Parascanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 244 | 1:82,286 | 9,637 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Parascanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parascanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Parascanu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parascanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 990,978th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Parascanu reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 82,286. In Romania Parascanu is primarily found in: Bacău County, where 43 percent live, Botoșani County, where 27 percent live and Vaslui County, where 13 percent live. Not including Romania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrascanu | 95 | 517 | / |
| Parasanu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Patrasanu | 89 | 178 | / |
| Parausanu | 89 | 120 | / |
| Patrașcanu | 84 | 58 | / |
| Parauseanu | 84 | 5 | / |
| Patrausanu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Parosanu | 82 | 3 | / |
| Patrashkanu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Parasanauph | 80 | 1 | / |
| Parakhaanu | 74 | 1 | / |
| Pătrăscanu | 74 | 1 | / |
| Porosanu | 71 | 46 | / |
| Pătrăşcanu | 63 | 52 | / |
| Pătrășcanu | 63 | 5 | / |
| Porojanu | 59 | 74 | / |
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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 Parascanu
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