Porcescu Surname
Approximately 879 people bear this surname
Porcescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 787 | 1:4,525 | 659 |
| Romania | 84 | 1:239,022 | 22,817 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Porcescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porcescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porcescu is found in Moldova more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porcescu? popularity and diffusion
Porcescu is the 400,040th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,290,723 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Porcescu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Moldova, where it is held by 787 people, or 1 in 4,525. In Moldova it is mostly found in: Sîngerei District, where 28 percent are found, Orhei District, where 18 percent are found and Chișinău Municipality, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Moldova this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borcescu | 88 | 162 | / |
| Porcesco | 88 | 43 | / |
| Parcescu | 88 | 9 | / |
| Porcesku | 88 | 3 | / |
| Parocescu | 82 | 134 | / |
| Porchesku | 82 | 116 | / |
| Puricescu | 82 | 32 | / |
| Burcescu | 75 | 308 | / |
| Bercescu | 75 | 63 | / |
| Presescu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pirsescu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Borzescu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buricescu | 71 | 64 | / |
| Boruzescu | 71 | 33 | / |
| Parchesku | 71 | 13 | / |
| Borosescu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Baracescu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bărăcescu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Parisescu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pricesock | 71 | 1 | / |
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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 Porcescu
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