Anciu Surname

1,003,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Anciu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anciu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2461:81,6179,577
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Anciu Last Name Facts

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

Anciu occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Anciu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,003,904th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. Anciu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Anciu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Anciu is most commonly used in Romania, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 81,617. In Romania Anciu is mostly found in: Sibiu County, where 52 percent reside, Teleorman County, where 32 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 11 percent reside. Barring Romania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ganciu91805/
Hanciu91311/
Ancius9120/
Anciut915/
Ancu89936/
Anciutt831/
Acenciu831/
Onciu801,286/
Hancu801,264/
Ancau80373/
Anchu80121/
Țancu8040/
Șancu805/
Hanciuța7763/
Ancuța73431/
Hanchu73279/
Anchau73248/
Honciu73201/
Anchui7348/
Annchu7331/
Ganchu7331/
Anchou7323/
Aynchu7321/
Ainchu7317/
Hancuh7311/
Gonciu733/
Hancau732/
Anchuh732/
Hancou732/
Hânciu731/
Andcou731/
Ancuåa731/
Ancheu731/
Anzu67865/
Oncu67329/
Ganchou67177/
Ganchhu6737/
Antchou6719/
Hanchou676/
Gainchu674/
Hanchau672/
Ayncouh671/
Ahancou671/
Gancheu671/
Hantchu671/
Hanchui671/
Antchui671/
Ainchau671/

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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 Anciu
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