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 last name Porcescu is most common in Moldova. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porcescu? popularity and diffusion
Porcescu is the 400,040th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 8,290,723 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Porcescu are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Moldova, where it is carried by 787 people, or 1 in 4,525. In Moldova it is most numerous in: Sîngerei District, where 28 percent live, Orhei District, where 18 percent live and Chișinău Municipality, where 16 percent live. Other than Moldova this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
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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