Curteanu Surname

303,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Curteanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Curteanu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania9841:20,4042,615
Moldova1881:18,9433,219
Spain431:1,087,25739,071
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France31:22,140,907385,998
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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Curteanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Curteanu is found most in Romania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Curteanu? popularity and diffusion

Curteanu is the 303,968th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,844,062 people. The last name Curteanu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Curteanu are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 94 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 984 people, or 1 in 20,404. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent live, Botoșani County, where 11 percent live and Vâlcea County, where 9 percent live. Beside Romania this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 15 percent live and Spain, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Curtianu8840/
Kurteanu881/
Courtenuy820/
Kurtyanu7550/
Corteonu758/
Cortianu751/
Cortenau750/
Cortojanu712/
Kortianou5925/
Kourtinou594/

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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 Curteanu
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