Carneanu Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Carneanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carneanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania381:528,36539,789
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Cârneanu (1) are calculated separately.

Carneanu Last Name Facts

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

Carneanu is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Cârneanu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carneanu? popularity and diffusion

Carneanu is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Carneanu occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Carneanu are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 528,365. In Romania Carneanu is primarily found in: Dolj County, where 97 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 3 percent reside. Other than Romania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cârneanu961/
Corneanu881,995/
Zarneanu882/
Cornneanu821/
Cornățeanu78121/
Saharneanu7836/
Zărneanu7521/
Cornianu756/
Zarnoianu71316/
Kernenou63279/
Kornyanu6314/
Karningu637/
Corninus632/
Zărnoianu59132/
Corninous595/
Cornineus591/
Kournianou566/

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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 Carneanu
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