Brosteanu Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Brosteanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 377 | 1:53,257 | 6,576 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Broșteanu (105) & Broşteanu (75) are calculated separately.
Brosteanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brosteanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brosteanu occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Broșteanu or Broşteanu. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brosteanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 727,600th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The surname Brosteanu is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Brosteanu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 377 people, or 1 in 53,257. In Romania Brosteanu is primarily found in: Ialomița County, where 25 percent reside, Iași County, where 23 percent reside and Dolj County, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Romania it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 3 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broșteanu | 96 | 105 | / |
| Broşteanu | 96 | 75 | / |
| Bresteanu | 89 | 79 | / |
| Brostianu | 89 | 55 | / |
| Brasteanu | 89 | 4 | / |
| Braesteanu | 84 | 34 | / |
| Brateanu | 82 | 283 | / |
| Brăteanu | 82 | 9 | / |
| Brahasteanu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Brastianou | 74 | 22 | / |
| Vrăteanu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vrateanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Brahastianu | 70 | 1 | / |
| Brătuianu | 67 | 51 | / |
| Bratoianu | 67 | 43 | / |
| Bratuianu | 67 | 41 | / |
| Brătășanu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vrastamnou | 63 | 17 | / |
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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 Brosteanu
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