Catană Surname
Approximately 1,786 people bear this surname
Catană Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,785 | 1:11,248 | 1,461 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
The alternate forms: Catana (17,057), Cătană (827), Catanä (3), Cataña (390) & Cătana (4) are calculated separately.
Catană Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Catană Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Catană is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Catana, Cătană, Catanä, Cataña or Cătana. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Catană? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 227,165th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,080,373 people. The surname Catană occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Catană are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 1,785 people, or 1 in 11,248. In Romania it is most frequent in: Neamț County, where 17 percent reside, Dolj County, where 11 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Romania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Moldova, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Catană
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