Postoronca Surname

480,002nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 695 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Postoronca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postoronca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova6591:5,404822
Romania311:647,67345,663
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Postoroncă (1) are calculated separately.

Postoronca Last Name Facts

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

The last name Postoronca occurs more in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Postoroncă. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Postoronca? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 480,002nd most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 10,485,678 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Postoronca live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.

Postoronca is most numerous in Moldova, where it is borne by 659 people, or 1 in 5,404. In Moldova Postoronca is most common in: Sîngerei District, where 35 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 23 percent are found and Orhei District, where 9 percent are found. Other than Moldova this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 4 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Postoroncă971/
Postoronka90189/
Postoronco9022/
Postoronko80235/
Postoronke805/
Potorochenko6463/
Potaranka631/
Potharanka603/
Potarganka601/
Potarochenko559/

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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 Postoronca
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