Potarca Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Potarca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Potarca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potarca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potarca is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potarca? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Potarca live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Potarca is most widely held in Moldova, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 712,274. In Moldova it is primarily found in: Dubăsari District, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Moldova this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found and Romania, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patarca | 86 | 251 | / |
| Petarca | 86 | 24 | / |
| Potarcos | 80 | 2 | / |
| Potarcio | 80 | 2 | / |
| Potorcha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Patarcia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Postarcki | 75 | 10 | / |
| Pottarsat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peterca | 71 | 324 | / |
| Petarco | 71 | 225 | / |
| Patharchad | 71 | 7 | / |
| Petorca | 71 | 4 | / |
| Patarka | 71 | 3 | / |
| Patarsa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Petarka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Patorca | 71 | 1 | / |
| Putarco | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potarki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potarko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patargia | 67 | 71 | / |
| Patarchi | 67 | 26 | / |
| Potercoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potercoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patarche | 67 | 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 Potarca
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