Valcea Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Valcea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 369 | 1:54,412 | 6,692 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Vâlcea (85) & Vălcea (1) are calculated separately.
Valcea (18) may also be a first name.
Valcea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valcea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Valcea is found most frequently in Romania. It may occur as: Vâlcea or Vălcea. Click here to see other potential spellings of Valcea.
How Common Is The Last Name Valcea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 754,238th most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. The surname Valcea occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Valcea reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 18 people.
Valcea is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 369 people, or 1 in 54,412. In Romania it is most common in: Bucharest Municipality, where 26 percent live, Olt County, where 16 percent live and Gorj County, where 12 percent live. Barring Romania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Denmark, where 0 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 Valcea
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