Potoceanu Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Potoceanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 147 | 1:136,584 | 14,745 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Potoceanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potoceanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Potoceanu is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Potoceanu.
How Common Is The Last Name Potoceanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,441,361st most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. Potoceanu is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Potoceanu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.
It is most prevalent in Romania, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 136,584. In Romania it is primarily found in: Caraș-Severin County, where 54 percent reside, Neamț County, where 41 percent reside and Arad County, where 3 percent reside. Not including Romania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potocean | 94 | 161 | / |
| Potocianu | 89 | 33 | / |
| Potoceno | 82 | 1 | / |
| Botoseanu | 78 | 3 | / |
| Bodoceanu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Potozen | 75 | 38 | / |
| Potocin | 75 | 13 | / |
| Potosen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Potocino | 71 | 333 | / |
| Botosanu | 71 | 122 | / |
| Potosyan | 71 | 49 | / |
| Patacean | 71 | 30 | / |
| Pitoesan | 71 | 14 | / |
| Potozyan | 71 | 12 | / |
| Bodocean | 71 | 10 | / |
| Botoșanu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pottozen | 71 | 6 | / |
| Botoşanu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Potoseno | 71 | 2 | / |
| Potsoana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potsoane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poticyan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potosano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potocina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potsan | 67 | 67 | / |
| Butuceanu | 67 | 65 | / |
| Potson | 67 | 58 | / |
| Petcen | 67 | 24 | / |
| Potsen | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pticen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pitcen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Potzon | 67 | 0 | / |
| Patasanu | 59 | 137 | / |
| Pătăşanu | 59 | 79 | / |
| Patasingu | 56 | 3 | / |
| Pattasingu | 53 | 15 | / |
| Pattakannu | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Potoceanu
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