Dretcanu Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Dretcanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dretcanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1861:107,94612,145
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Dreţcanu (5) & Drețcanu (1) are calculated separately.

Dretcanu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dretcanu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Dreţcanu or Drețcanu. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dretcanu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dretcanu is the 1,198,640th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name Dretcanu is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Dretcanu live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in Romanian Europe.

Dretcanu is most common in Romania, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 107,946. In Romania Dretcanu is most frequent in: Botoșani County, where 57 percent live, Bucharest Municipality, where 25 percent live and Galați County, where 15 percent live. Besides Romania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Dretcanu Last Name Statistics demography

Dretcanu earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 107.13% more than the national average, earning $89,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dreţcanu965/
Drețcanu961/
Duret Canu891/
Drescanu88120/
Dörtcan8056/
Dreseanu754/
Drăceanu751/
Drăcșanu751/
Dyredican711/
Drisanhu631/

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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 Dretcanu
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