Ghimpeteanu Surname

872,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ghimpeteanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghimpeteanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3051:65,8297,909
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Ghimpețeanu (50) & Ghimpeţeanu (42) are calculated separately.

Ghimpeteanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ghimpeteanu is found most frequently in Romania. It may appear as: Ghimpețeanu or Ghimpeţeanu. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghimpeteanu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 872,430th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ghimpeteanu are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The last name Ghimpeteanu is most prevalent in Romania, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 65,829. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 49 percent reside, Giurgiu County, where 27 percent reside and Dolj County, where 21 percent reside. Other than Romania Ghimpeteanu is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent reside and Poland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghimpețeanu9750/
Ghimpeţeanu9742/
Ghimbutan7031/
Gbetanu672/
Gbetanou63460/
Gbaitanu6326/
Gbetounou50115/

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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
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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 Ghimpeteanu
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