Parfeni Surname

289,472nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Parfeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parfeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova8741:4,075577
Romania3661:54,8586,728
Russia511:2,825,942156,501
Kazakhstan131:1,360,19271,840
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Parfeni Last Name Facts

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

Parfeni (Russian: Парфени) occurs more in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Parfeni? popularity and diffusion

The surname Parfeni is the 289,472nd most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,504,189 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Parfeni reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Moldova, where it is borne by 874 people, or 1 in 4,075. In Moldova it is most prevalent in: Cantemir District, where 17 percent reside, Chișinău Municipality, where 15 percent reside and Fălești District, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Moldova Parfeni occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 28 percent reside and Russia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parfenie93233/
Parfenii93187/
Parfeniy93133/
Parfenyi9370/
Parfene861,495/
Parfeny8654/
Parfena8632/
Porfeni861/
Parfini861/
Porfenyi801/
Parfenoa801/
Parfenets7544/
Parfenych754/
Parfień714/
Porfini713/
Porfinio6710/
Parveneh673/
Parfinge671/
Parfynets6310/
Porfine571/

Parfeni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parfeni in the Russian language
Парфениparfeni-

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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 Parfeni
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