Petculescu Surname

349,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Petculescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petculescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,0021:20,0382,578
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Petculescu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petculescu is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petculescu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 349,405th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,973,728 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Petculescu live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 1,002 people, or 1 in 20,038. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 23 percent live, Argeș County, where 16 percent live and Constanța County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Romania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Greece, where 0 percent live.

Petculescu Last Name Statistics demography

Petculescu earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.02% less than the national average, earning $18,975 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petculuescu954/
Bitculescu80117/
Butculescu8075/
Batculescu805/
Bîtculescu804/
Butculesco701/
Ptaclusco632/
Bytkulesku601/
Potkulski5323/
Potkalesky5019/

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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 Petculescu
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