Galateanu Surname

466,730th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 721 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Galateanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galateanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5701:35,2244,487
Moldova1211:29,4334,732
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England21:27,859,030389,889
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Gălățeanu (97) are calculated separately.

Galateanu Last Name Facts

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

Galateanu has its highest incidence in Romania. It may also be found as: Gălățeanu. Click here for further potential spellings of Galateanu.

How Common Is The Last Name Galateanu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 466,730th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. Galateanu is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Galateanu live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 570 people, or 1 in 35,224. In Romania it is most numerous in: Tulcea County, where 20 percent live, Galați County, where 19 percent live and Bacău County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Romania Galateanu is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Galateanu Last Name Statistics demography

Galateanu earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.36% less than the national average, earning $25,732 USD per year.

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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 Galateanu
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