Ciorteanu Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ciorteanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ciorteanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania471:427,18934,091
England21:27,859,030389,889
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ciorteanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ciorteanu occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ciorteanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ciorteanu is the 2,718,172nd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Ciorteanu live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 427,189. In Romania Ciorteanu is primarily concentrated in: Bacău County, where 89 percent reside, Dolj County, where 9 percent reside and Suceava County, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Romania Ciorteanu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ciortanu941/
Cioratanu8965/
Ciortianu8943/
Cioritanu895/
Ciortan883,556/
Corteonu828/
Cioratan821/
Cortianu821/
Cortenau820/
Cortojanu782/
Ciorăţanu781/
Courtenuy780/
Ciortin7535/
Ciorton751/
Ciorden751/
Cartianu71136/
Ciordano711/
Cioreton710/
Cartojanu674/
Ciaratana671/

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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 Ciorteanu
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