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 is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gancea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 401,796th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,338,153 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gancea live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is borne by 826 people, or 1 in 24,307. In Romania Gancea is mostly concentrated in: Arad County, where 30 percent reside, Sibiu County, where 17 percent reside and Teleorman County, where 13 percent reside. Barring Romania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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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