Purcarea Surname

221,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,846 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Purcarea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purcarea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,6911:11,8731,526
Spain961:487,00024,732
United States221:16,475,406557,260
England111:5,065,278148,650
France101:6,642,272293,169
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Purcărea (403) & Purcãrea (1) are calculated separately.

Purcarea Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purcarea is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Purcărea or Purcãrea. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purcarea? popularity and diffusion

Purcarea is the 221,125th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,947,750 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Purcarea reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most common in Romania, where it is borne by 1,691 people, or 1 in 11,873. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Teleorman County, where 16 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 13 percent reside and Dolj County, where 10 percent reside. Not including Romania it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Purcarea Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Purcarea surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Purcarea earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.05% more than the national average, earning $57,842 USD per year.

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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 Purcarea
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