Porosanu Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Porosanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 43 | 1:466,927 | 36,259 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Poroşanu (3) are calculated separately.
Porosanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porosanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Porosanu occurs most in Romania. It can appear as a variant: Poroşanu. For other potential spellings of Porosanu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porosanu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,876,555th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Porosanu are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 466,927. In Romania it is mostly found in: Vâlcea County, where 86 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 9 percent reside and Alba County, where 2 percent reside. Other than Romania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poroşanu | 96 | 3 | / |
| Porojanu | 88 | 74 | / |
| Parosanu | 88 | 3 | / |
| Păroşanu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Parasanu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Parascanu | 71 | 259 | / |
| Patrasanu | 71 | 178 | / |
| Parausanu | 71 | 120 | / |
| Parasangu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Patrashanu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Parauseanu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Patrausanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parasanauph | 63 | 1 | / |
| Patrashchanu | 60 | 2 | / |
| Patrašanu | 59 | 1 | / |
| Patrauceanu | 53 | 210 | / |
| Pătraucianu | 53 | 4 | / |
| Patraucianu | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Porosanu
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