Petcaru Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Petcaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petcaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
France11:66,422,722504,397

Petcaru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petcaru occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petcaru? popularity and diffusion

Petcaru is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petcaru reside; 86 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 86 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name Petcaru is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,346,312. In Romania Petcaru is most prevalent in: Constanța County, where 67 percent live, Cluj County, where 17 percent live and Timiș County, where 17 percent live. Other than Romania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in France, where 14 percent live.

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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 Petcaru
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