Gancea Surname
Approximately 874 people bear this surname
Gancea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 826 | 1:24,307 | 3,089 |
| Moldova | 39 | 1:91,317 | 11,266 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Gancea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gancea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gancea occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gancea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gancea is the 401,796th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 8,338,153 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gancea reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname Gancea is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 826 people, or 1 in 24,307. In Romania it is most frequent in: Arad County, where 30 percent live, Sibiu County, where 17 percent live and Teleorman County, where 13 percent live. Outside of Romania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Gancea
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