Purcarin Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Purcarin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purcarin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2451:81,9509,604
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Purcărin (12) are calculated separately.

Purcarin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purcarin is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Purcărin. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purcarin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 996,001st most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. Purcarin occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Purcarin reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 81,950. In Romania Purcarin is mostly found in: Dolj County, where 64 percent live, Gorj County, where 26 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 8 percent live. Other than Romania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Purcarin Last Name Statistics demography

Purcarin earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purcărin9612/
Porcarin88109/
Pourzarin821/
Poursairin7877/
Porcărin7534/
Purzarne751/
Purkarim751/
Porsarn674/
Pursorne630/
Porsorn534/

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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 Purcarin
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