Potecu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Potecu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Potecu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
England11:55,718,059489,080

Potecu Last Name Facts

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

Potecu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Potecu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Potecu is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potecu are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 80 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,019,468. Aside from Romania Potecu exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potescu921/
Patecu833/
Potesku778/
Petecou771/
Potocou771/
Potejus771/
Paticu67678/
Potoku67521/
Potiju671/
Pateju671/
Peteku671/
Pateku671/
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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 Potecu
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