Galbenu Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Galbenu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galbenu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5451:36,8404,711
Moldova211:169,58917,028
England71:7,959,723202,100
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Galbenu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Galbenu occurs most in Romania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Galbenu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 549,140th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Galbenu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

It is most commonly held in Romania, where it is borne by 545 people, or 1 in 36,840. In Romania Galbenu is most common in: Gorj County, where 30 percent live, Dâmbovița County, where 13 percent live and Caraș-Severin County, where 10 percent live. Barring Romania Galbenu exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 4 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Galbenus93186/
Galbenuș931/
Galbenuş931/
Albeanu86625/
Galbinu8638/
Galbanu868/
Albenus864/
Gălbenuş806/
Galbinus804/
Gălbenuș801/
Albinu7715/
Albinus713,167/
Golbanu7110/
Albinush671/
Allbinus670/
Albinoo571/
Golvinu571/

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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 Galbenu
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