Purcareanu Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Purcareanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 81 | 1:247,875 | 23,462 |
| Moldova | 29 | 1:122,806 | 13,852 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Purcăreanu (2) are calculated separately.
Purcareanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purcareanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purcareanu occurs most in Romania. It may also be rendered as a variant: Purcăreanu. Click here for other possible spellings of Purcareanu.
How Common Is The Last Name Purcareanu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,674,734th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Purcareanu reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
Purcareanu is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 247,875. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Dâmbovița County, where 49 percent are found, Gorj County, where 40 percent are found and Brașov County, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Romania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 25 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purcăreanu | 97 | 2 | / |
| Purcarean | 95 | 82 | / |
| Purcareann | 90 | 1 | / |
| Purcarin | 78 | 257 | / |
| Parcaren | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pourkaran | 74 | 241 | / |
| Purkaryan | 74 | 15 | / |
| Parocaran | 74 | 8 | / |
| Pourakran | 74 | 1 | / |
| Parcarian | 74 | 1 | / |
| Purakaran | 74 | 1 | / |
| Prakran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Parcarn | 71 | 0 | / |
| Prigoreanu | 70 | 204 | / |
| Prigureanu | 70 | 41 | / |
| Pourkarani | 70 | 16 | / |
| Pracharoen | 70 | 13 | / |
| Pourkarhan | 70 | 8 | / |
| Priyacaran | 70 | 4 | / |
| Pourkarian | 70 | 2 | / |
| Puruggaran | 70 | 1 | / |
| Pourgharan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Purchiaroni | 67 | 323 | / |
| Porcarin | 67 | 109 | / |
| Purcărin | 67 | 12 | / |
| Buracharoen | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pourgran | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pourkarrani | 67 | 7 | / |
| Parkranu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Purkarna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prakaran | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burcuren | 67 | 1 | / |
| Percoran | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purgarin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burkaran | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burachareon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parcoran | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Purcareanu
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