Potarca Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Potarca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Potarca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Potarca Last Name Facts

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

Potarca occurs more in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Potarca? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Potarca are found; 60 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 60 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The last name Potarca is most frequently occurring in Moldova, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 712,274. In Moldova Potarca is most numerous in: Dubăsari District, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Moldova this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found and Romania, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Patarca86251/
Petarca8624/
Potarcos802/
Potarcio802/
Potorcha801/
Patarcia801/
Postarcki7510/
Pottarsat751/
Peterca71324/
Petarco71225/
Patharchad717/
Petorca714/
Patarka713/
Patarsa712/
Petarka712/
Patorca711/
Putarco711/
Potarki711/
Potarko711/
Patargia6771/
Patarchi6726/
Potercoj671/
Potercoi671/
Patarche671/

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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 Potarca
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