Curtu Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Curtu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Curtu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1691:118,80413,142
Spain481:974,00136,812
Italy321:1,911,14687,725
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Curtu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Curtu is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Curtu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 937,786th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. Curtu occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Curtu reside; 61 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 61 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 118,804. In Romania Curtu is most numerous in: Timiș County, where 43 percent are found, Vâlcea County, where 38 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Romania this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 17 percent are found and Italy, where 11 percent are found.

Curtu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Curtu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scurtu9110,172/
Curtui91183/
Curtuz9112/
Curtus916/
Curtut911/
Churtu911/
Curtaud8380/
Curtoud8339/
Courtau8322/
Courtou832/
Ciurtuz831/
Curtouz831/
Kurtu80136/
Surtu8013/
Cortu805/
Curtó804/
Jurtu804/
Courtaud77511/
Courtaux77413/
Courtoux77266/
Courtaut77168/
Courtout7776/
Courteux7721/
Courtoud7711/
Courtous773/
Courtuss770/
Kurteu739/
Kurttu738/
Kurtuy735/
Cortau732/
Kurtuj731/
Kourtu731/
Surttu731/
Curtoe731/
Ckortu731/
Kurtau731/
Corteu731/
Kurtuç731/
Cortou730/
Courtault71367/
Courthoud71164/
Courtouch711/
Courthaus710/
Kourtou67706/
Jourtau6710/
Courthéoux678/
Kurtouz674/
Zourtou672/
Zhurtus671/
Kurthuh671/

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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 Curtu
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