Potosca Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Potosca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 30 | 1:669,262 | 46,959 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Potoşcă (32) are calculated separately.
Potosca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potosca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Potosca is found most frequently in Romania. It may also be found in the variant forms: Potoşcă. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potosca? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Potosca reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 669,262. In Romania it is mostly found in: Prahova County, where 87 percent live and Călărași County, where 13 percent live. Besides Romania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Argentina, where 3 percent live.
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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 Potosca
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