Cotorceanu Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Cotorceanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cotorceanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1721:116,73212,973
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Cotorceanu Last Name Facts

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

Cotorceanu has its highest incidence in Romania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cotorceanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cotorceanu is the 1,252,959th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Cotorceanu reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

Cotorceanu is most common in Romania, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 116,732. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Buzău County, where 67 percent reside, Prahova County, where 30 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Romania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotroceanu9032/
Catorceno741,436/
Codreșanu744/
Catorcena741/
Codreseanu704/

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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
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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 Cotorceanu
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