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
Potoceanu has its highest incidence in Romania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Potoceanu.
How Common Is The Last Name Potoceanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,441,361st most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. Potoceanu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Potoceanu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 136,584. In Romania Potoceanu is mostly found in: Caraș-Severin County, where 54 percent reside, Neamț County, where 41 percent reside and Arad County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Romania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Potoceanu
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