Potgoreanu Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Potgoreanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Potgoreanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potgoreanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potgoreanu occurs most in Romania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potgoreanu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Potgoreanu occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Potgoreanu are found; 63 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 63 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
Potgoreanu is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,015,574. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 80 percent reside and Vrancea County, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Romania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Italy, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podgoreanu | 90 | 458 | / |
| Podgorean | 84 | 11 | / |
| Potgornai | 74 | 41 | / |
| Patagoran | 74 | 3 | / |
| Poitagorn | 74 | 1 | / |
| Potokaran | 74 | 1 | / |
| Pottokaran | 70 | 7 | / |
| Podgorny | 67 | 1,887 | / |
| Podgorni | 67 | 78 | / |
| Podgorna | 67 | 26 | / |
| Podgorná | 67 | 19 | / |
| Podgorný | 67 | 15 | / |
| Petgreen | 67 | 9 | / |
| Podgorin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Poitou-Corneau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Putigorn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potigron | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potacharean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potagarn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ptgwrani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitgreen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Podgorno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pottokkaran | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petegren | 67 | 0 | / |
| Potgurni | 67 | 0 | / |
| Boytgren | 67 | 0 | / |
| Patarangu | 63 | 3 | / |
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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 Potgoreanu
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