Peterca Surname

846,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Peterca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2051:12,1352,900
Romania621:323,83728,474
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
England41:13,929,515290,718
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Petercă (2) are calculated separately.

Peterca Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peterca is found in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Petercă. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterca? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 846,108th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. The surname Peterca occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Peterca live; 64 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 64 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 12,135. In Slovenia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Slovenia, where 93 percent reside, Central Sava, where 3 percent reside and Upper Carniola, where 1 percent reside. Not including Slovenia Peterca is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Peterca Last Name Statistics demography

Peterca earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 63.13% less than the national average, earning $15,911 USD per year.

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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 Peterca
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