Calafeteanu Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Calafeteanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Calafeteanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1751:114,73112,785
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Calafeteanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Calafeteanu occurs most in Romania. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Calafeteanu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,286,243rd most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Calafeteanu reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 114,731. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Dolj County, where 79 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 15 percent reside and Hunedoara County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Romania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Calafateanu91112/
Calofeteanu911/
Galofteanu7672/
Califtan741/
Călăfăteanu7337/
Calavutan704/
Clafton67252/
Cliften6725/
Calfton672/
Klaften672/
Cliftan671/
Claftin670/

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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 Calafeteanu
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