Purcarus Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Purcarus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 136 | 1:147,631 | 15,687 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
The alternate forms: Purcaruş (1) are calculated separately.
Purcarus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purcarus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purcarus is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Purcaruş. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purcarus? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,478,479th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Purcarus live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 147,631. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Teleorman County, where 80 percent reside, Argeș County, where 19 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 1 percent reside. Besides Romania Purcarus is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purcaruş | 96 | 1 | / |
| Purcaru | 93 | 2,751 | / |
| Purcarasu | 82 | 3 | / |
| Porcaru | 80 | 317 | / |
| Porcaras | 75 | 5 | / |
| Porcaris | 75 | 2 | / |
| Paracrus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Purkarsu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Paracares | 71 | 16 | / |
| Paracaris | 71 | 9 | / |
| Pracharas | 71 | 4 | / |
| Prkars | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porcarasu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pericaris | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pracros | 67 | 46 | / |
| Porkaru | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pyrgarousi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Purgarz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prakars | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prakras | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pragras | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porcaressi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burgars | 67 | 0 | / |
| Prokars | 67 | 0 | / |
| Barcars | 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
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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 Purcarus
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