Cataneanu Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Cataneanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 126 | 1:159,348 | 16,645 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
The alternate forms: Cătăneanu (46) are calculated separately.
Cataneanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cataneanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cataneanu is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Cătăneanu. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cataneanu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,589,322nd most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Cataneanu reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 159,348. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Dolj County, where 73 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 27 percent are found. Other than Romania Cataneanu occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Cataneanu
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