Parruca Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Parruca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 71 | 1:41,043 | 5,755 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Parruca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parruca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Parruca is carried by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Parruca.
How Common Is The Last Name Parruca? popularity and diffusion
The surname Parruca is the 1,637,889th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Parruca live; 58 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 58 percent live in Albano-Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Albania, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 41,043. In Albania it is mostly concentrated in: Tirana County, where 39 percent are found, Shkodër County, where 28 percent are found and Durrës County, where 27 percent are found. Barring Albania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 23 percent are found and Brazil, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Parruca
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