Calafeteanu Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Calafeteanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 175 | 1:114,731 | 12,785 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calafateanu | 91 | 112 | / |
| Calofeteanu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Galofteanu | 76 | 72 | / |
| Califtan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Călăfăteanu | 73 | 37 | / |
| Calavutan | 70 | 4 | / |
| Clafton | 67 | 252 | / |
| Cliften | 67 | 25 | / |
| Calfton | 67 | 2 | / |
| Klaften | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cliftan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Claftin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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