Alexandru Surname

17,487th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,675 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Alexandru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alexandru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania28,9791:69387
Spain9881:47,3204,466
Moldova5391:6,6071,051
United States2111:1,717,815113,709
Italy1441:424,69946,390
Canada1361:270,92325,472
England841:663,31038,317
Germany791:1,019,05669,716
Austria681:125,22717,371
Greece671:165,37026,937
Portugal661:157,8526,835
France371:1,795,209158,669
Israel291:295,09125,768
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Russia231:6,266,220254,708
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Denmark121:470,39330,183
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Transnistria101:47,4707,079
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Norway61:857,04855,549
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Malta41:107,5681,849
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Alexandru (482,943) may also be a first name.

Alexandru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alexandru is found most in Romania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alexandru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 17,487th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 230,072 people. The surname Alexandru occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Alexandru are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Alexandru is also the 2,096th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 482,943 people.

The surname Alexandru is most prevalent in Romania, where it is carried by 28,979 people, or 1 in 693. In Romania Alexandru is most common in: Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent live, Buzău County, where 7 percent live and Prahova County, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Romania it occurs in 55 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 3 percent live and Moldova, where 2 percent live.

Alexandru Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Alexandru surname are 3.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.67% registered with the party.

The amount Alexandru earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 79.04% less than the national average, earning €6,293 per year; in United States they earn 5.12% less than the national average, earning $40,939 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.09% more than the national average, earning $52,708 CAD 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
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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 Alexandru
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